Fail-safe design of integral metallic aircraft structures reinforced by bonded crack retarders

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-133

  Zhang, X ^a   Boscolo, M ^a   Figueroa Gordon, D ^a   Allegri, G ^a   Irving, P E ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonded straps; Crack retarders; Fail safe; Fatigue crack growth life; Integral metallic structure

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRFRAMES; ALLOYS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); EPOXY RESINS; EXPERIMENTS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC SOAPS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

AIRCRAFT WINGS; ALUMINIUM ALLOY PANELS; BONDED STRAPS; CRACK GROWTHS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FAIL-SAFE; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH LIFE; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH RETARDATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INTEGRAL METALLIC STRUCTURE; METALLIC AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SAFE DESIGNS;

CRACKS;

EID: 57649229234     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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