Fracture Mechanics of Aircraft Structures

Abstract

;Contents: History of loading of aircraft and examples of aircraft failure; The use of fracture mechanics principles in the design and analysis of damage tolerant aircraft structures; Basic concepts of fracture mechanics; Fail- safe design procedures; Experimental techniques for determining fracture toughness values; Flaw detection methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0777641

Entities

People

  • Harold Liebowitz

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Solid Solutions
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.