Fatigue failure of the de Havilland Comet I

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Withey, P A ^a,b  

^a ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FATIGUE FAILURE;

JET AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT-COMMERCIAL; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE;

EID: 0031170988     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(97)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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