The influence of the environment and corrosion on the structural integrity of aircraft materials

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-472

  Russo, Stephen ^a,b   Sharp, P K ^a,b   Dhamari, R ^c   Mills, T B ^d   Hinton, B R W ^a,b   Clark, G ^e   Shankar, K ^f  

^a THALES   (France)

^b AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^c GKN Aerospace   (United States)

^d APES Inc   (United States)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Corrosion preventative compounds; Fatigue; Fretting

Indexed keywords

7075-T6; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; CORRODED REGIONS; DOGBONE; DRY CONDITION; EXFOLIATION CORROSION; FASTENER HOLES; FATIGUE; FATIGUE INITIATION; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE TESTS; FAYING SURFACE; FRETTING; HUMID CONDITIONS; INITIATION SITES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; STRESS LEVELS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT MATERIALS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM CORROSION; BONE; CORROSION PREVENTION; FATIGUE TESTING; LOCKS (FASTENERS); SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

CORROSION FATIGUE;

EID: 66749118254     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2009.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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