Damage tolerance and fail safety of welded aircraft wing panels

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1613-1623

  Zhang, Xiang ^a,c   Li, Yazhi ^b,d  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c School of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^d College of Aeronautics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; CRACKS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WELDING; WINGS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FAIL SAFETY; INTEGRAL PANELS; LOGITUDINAL RESIDUAL STRESSES;

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 22544435815     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.10275     Document Type: Article

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