Structural life analysis methods used on the B-2 bomber

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1292, Issue , 1996, Pages 220-247

  Bunch, Jeffrey O ^a   Trammell, Robert T ^a   Tanouye, Perry A ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft fatigue; Aircraft structural integrity; Constant closure model; Fatigue crack closure; Fatigue crack growth; Metal fatigue; Notch strain analysis; Strain life analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DURABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; CLOSURE FACTOR; CONSTANT CLOSURE MODEL; FATIGUE CRACK CLOSURE; NEUBER EQUATION; NOTCH STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN LIFE ANALYSIS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0029756749     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16140s     Document Type: Article

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