Cumulative Structural Damage Testing

Abstract

This report describes a method used to determine the degree of structural damage incurred by the Chaparral missile during road tests on the XM-370 self-propelled launcher at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md. The investigation indicates that field-incurred fatigue damage can be measured using S/N fatigue gages and that field damage can be related to laboratory-induced damage. Because it is not complicated, this method of equivalent-damage testing for measurement of fatigue damage opens a new dimension for product design and evaluation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0861956

Entities

People

  • Thomas B. Cost

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Diffraction
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Working
  • Plastic Deformation
  • Resistance
  • Road Tests
  • Self Propelled
  • Standards
  • Static Loads
  • Strain Gages
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vibration

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.