Equivalent initial flaw size testing and analysis of transport aircraft skin splices

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-290

  Fawaz, S A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFGROV; Corner cracks; FASTRAN; Fractography; Riveted joints; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FRACTOGRAPHY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

EQUIVALENT INITIAL FLAW SIZE (EIFS);

DEFECTS;

EID: 0037371635     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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