Life remaining prognostics for airframe structural components

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rideout, Curtis A ^a   Ritchie, Scott J ^a  

^a Positron Systems Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE TESTING; GEARS; LANDING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POSITRONS;

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; FITTINGS; INDUCED POSITRON ANALYSIS (IPA);

AIRFRAMES;

EID: 34548748586     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2007.352910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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