Analysis of the fatigue life of riveted sheet metal helicopter airframe joints

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 25, Issue 9-11, 2003, Pages 1013-1026

  Urban, M R ^a  

^a SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Fatigue; Life prediction; Local stress field; Riveted joints

Indexed keywords

AIRFRAMES; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HELICOPTERS; RIVETING; SHEET METAL;

LIFE PREDICTION;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 0242661877     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2003.08.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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