USAF experience in the qualification of composite structures

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1383, 2000, Pages 3-11

  Lincoln, John W ^a  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allowables; Damage tolerance; Design development testing; Full scale testing; Impact damage; Moisture; Technology transition; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039591682     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Whitehead, R. S., Kan, H. P., Cordero, R., and Saether, E. S., "Certification Testing Methodology for Composite Structures," Prepared under contract no. N62269-84-C-0243 for the Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA, Dec. 1985.
2. Goodman, J. W., Lincoln, J. W., and Bennett, T. H., "The Air Force Structural Integrity Program," AIAA paper 77-460 presented at the AIAA/ASME Aircraft Composites Symposium. San Diego, CA, 24 March 1977.
3. Goodman, J. W., Lincoln, J. W., and Petrin, C. L., Jr., "On Certification of Composite Structures for USAF Aircraft," AIAA paper 81-1686 presented at the AIAA Aircraft Systems and Technology Meeting, Dayton, OH, 11 Aug. 1981.
4. Whitehead, R. S., Kinslow, R. W., and Deo, R. B., "Composite Wing/Fuselage Program," AFWAL-TR-3098, Feb. 1989.
5. Horton, R. E., Whitehead, R. S., et al., "Damage Tolerance of Composites," AFWAL-TR-87-3030, July 1988.
6. Grimsley, F. M., "B-2 Structural Integrity Program," 36th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, April 1995.
7. Chamis, C. C. et al., "Probabilistic Assessment of Fracture Progression in Composite Structures," Proceedings of the USAF Structural Integrity Conference, Dec. 1998.
8. Lincoln, J. W., "Structural Technology Transition to New Aircraft," Proceedings of the 14th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, EMAS Publication, West Midlands, UK, 1987, pp. 619-629.