FATIGUE OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES

Abstract

Contents: The nature of fatigue; Fatigue testing: nomenclature and conventions; Stress concentrations; Crack propagation and residual strength background; Cumulative damage; Low-cycle fatigue; Effects of temperature on fatigue; Corrosion and fretting; Acoustical fatigue; Factors in the fatigue behavior of components; Fatigue behavior of fasteners and of mechanically fastened joints; The fatigue behavior of welded joints and of adhesive-bonded joints; Bearings, gears, and monolithic components; The fatigue behavior of built-up structures beam specimens; The airframe and its environment; Loads and environment; Structural response, design and analysis; Structural response, full-scale testing; Considerations during service.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0660529

Entities

People

  • Horace J. Grover

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Chemical Elements
  • Chemistry
  • Creep
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Solid Solutions
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.