Effects of truncation and elimination on composite fatigue life

Composite Structures

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-286

  Nyman, Tonny ^a,c   Ansell, Hans ^a   Blom, Anders ^b,c  

^a SAAB AB   (Sweden)

^b Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue life; Load sequence effects; Spectrum tests

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FATIGUE LIFE;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0033881126     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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