Life enhancement of fatigue-aged fastener holes using the cold expansion process

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 281-293

  Gacrke, J ^a,b   Zhang, X ^b   Wang, Z ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EXPANSION; FASTENERS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FRACTURE MECHANICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); LOADS (FORCES); RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

COLD EXPANSION PROCESS; FASTENER HOLES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT LOAD STANDARD FOR FATIGUE EVALUATION; LOW LOAD TRANSFER JOINT; SOFTWARE PACKAGE AFGROW;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034481173     PISSN: 09544100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954410001532060     Document Type: Article

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