Failure analysis of the wing-fuselage connector of an agricultural aircraft

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 572-581

  Witek, Lucjan ^a  

^a RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aircraft structures; Crack initiation; Fatigue failure; Fatigue life; FEM

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUSELAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS; WINGS;

AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES; WING-FUSELAGE CONNECTOR;

AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT; CRACK INITIATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUSELAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS; WINGS;

EID: 31344459846     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2004.12.029     Document Type: Article

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