Residual-Strength Analysis of Primary Aircraft Structure Damaged Due to Projectile Impact and Penetration. Volume 2: User Guides for the Computer Programs

Abstract

High-strength aluminum channels, damaged by projectile impacts, have been loaded to failure in pure bending. In cases where damage included cracks of significant lengths, failure loads have been compared with those predicted by linear fracture mechanics through a finite-element computer program (CRAKD) which contains special crack-tip stress-singularity elements. CRAKD has been employed for the computation of time-dependent stress-intensity factors in several problems of elastodynamic fracture. The results demonstrate the importance of specimen inertia in impact tests designed for the determination of dynamic fracture toughness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA059441

Entities

People

  • J. A. Aberson
  • J. M. Anderson
  • W. W. King

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Core Storage
  • Data Sets
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Geometry
  • Intervals
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Operating Systems
  • Stiffness
  • Stress Intensity Factors

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.