Design and modelling of selective reinforcements for integral aircraft structures

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 4980-4993

  Boscolo, Marco ^a,b   Allegri, Giuliano ^a,b   Zhang, Xiang ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES; COMPUTER CODES; ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTEGRAL METALLIC STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 34547520955     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-2116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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