Fatigue crack growth analysis of stiffened cracked panel repaired with bonded composite patch

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1553-1567

  Sabelkin, V ^a   Mall, S ^a   Avram, J B ^b  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Bonded composite patch; Cracked stiffened plate; Fatigue crack growth; Finite element analysis; Patch repair

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STIFFNESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

ALUMINUM STIFFENERS; BONDED COMPOSITE PATCH; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; STIFFENED CRACKED PANEL; TENSION-TENSION FATIGUE;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STIFFNESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 33646188806     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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