Fatigue failure of adhesively patched 2024-T3 and 7075-T6 clad and bare aluminium alloys

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-389

  Duquesnay, D L ^a   Underhill, P R ^a   Britt, H J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesive; Aircraft; Aluminium; Cladding; Corrosion; Damage; Fatigue; Patch; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CORROSION PROTECTION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; METAL CLADDING; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ADHESIVE PATCHES; AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS; FATIGUE FAILURE;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 15944382339     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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