I am performing a destructive test in which i will be pulling a very long tensile test specimen.
the speicimen is 63" long with a diamter of 1.5", at the midpint of the specimen it will be notch with a diamter of 1 " .
the materail is a AISI 4340 alloy steel with a min yield of 150 KSI.
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Application : Reciprocating plunger pump used to pump water+sand+acid slurry at pressures up to 18000 PSIG. cyclical pressure 300 - 18000 PSIG MAXIMUM At frequencys up to 300 Hertz
Pump Material: Alloyed Steel
Problem: We are experiencing acclerated erosion and corrosion on our pump internals...