Multiple-site and widespread fatigue damage in aging aircraft

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 237-257

  Pitt, S ^a   Jones, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft failures; Airworthiness; Critical crack size; Fatigue crack growth; Safe life

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING OF MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRASHWORTHINESS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

SAFE LIFE; WIDESPREAD FATIGUE DAMAGE;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0031335576     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1350-6307(97)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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