Progress Report on Aircraft Fatigue Studies.

Abstract

This report summarizes a year of research activity on aircraft fatigue in three areas: (1) The influence of minimum load levels, ground loads, order of loading and counting method on the damage calculation, (2) The method of calculating local stress in the plastic range at the stress concentration site from the recorded in-flight strain monitor and (3) The measurement of relaxation of residual stresses after they are produced locally at the point of stress concentration. Substantial progress was made in all three areas and especially the first two. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049876

Entities

People

  • Gerald H. Lindsey

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Counting Methods
  • Cracks
  • Data Processing
  • Equations
  • Fatigue Life
  • Measurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Residual Stress
  • Stress Concentration
  • Tape Recorders
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.