SAFETY AND SAFETY FACTORS FOR AIRFRAMES

Abstract

The concept of structural safety of airframes Is analyzed on the basis of its relation to the probability of structural failure, with a view of establishing procedures of quantitative evaluation of safety factors for a predetermined acceptable risk of failure. The difference in the approach to the concept of safety for ultimate strength and for fatigue is discussed, considering recent developments in fatigue research, particularly the results of fatigue tests under random loading, and methods of safety analysis for both conditions are proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1957
Accession Number
AD0221406

Entities

People

  • A. M. Freudenthal

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Civil Engineering
  • Creep
  • Design Criteria
  • Fatigue Life
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Probability
  • Safety
  • Safety Analysis
  • Safety Factor
  • Stresses
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Structural Dynamics.