Factors of Safety Related to Structural Integrity. A Review of Data from Military Airworthiness Authorities
Abstract
The concept of structural safety as presently applied by the military airworthiness authorities of the main NATO-Member-Countries has proven satisfactory, though being far from having a rational basis. Before this background, a Sub-Committee of SMP established a Questionnaire asking the military authorities for all numerical factors applied to ensure structural safety of aircraft. The answers given included the results of personal discussions between coordinators and nominated representatives of the authorities. The precis of the round table discussion as well as an evaluation of answers and discussion are included for reasons of completeness. From the evaluation it may be concluded that there exists a considerable amount of agreement with respect to the Factors of Safety and their application. On the other hand, some disagreements and different interpretations have resulted. Thus this report forms a basis for discussing the disagreements in order to achieve a higher degree of conformity between the authorities of the NATO-Countries with regard to structural safety and reliability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA103706
Entities
Organizations
- AGARD