A comparison of crack growth behaviour in several full-scale airframe fatigue tests

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1090-1099

  Molent, L ^a   Barter, S A ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Crack growth rates; Fatigue crack growth; Fatigue modelling; Full scale fatigue testing; Standards (airworthiness); Variable amplitude fatigue

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRACK GROWTH RATES; FATIGUE MODELING; FULL SCALE FATIGUE TESTING; STANDARDS (AIRWORTHINESS); VARIABLE AMPLITUDE FATIGUE;

AIRFRAMES;

EID: 33947277347     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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