Aircraft Fatigue - with Particular Emphasis on Australian Operations and Research.

Abstract

This Technical Memorandum forms the basis for the 9th Plantema Memorial Lecture to be presented by the author at the biennial meeting of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue (ICAF) at Toulouse, France in May 1983. It traces the history of aircraft structural fatigue until the establishment of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in 1939, and then deals more specifically with Australian contributions in research and development from then until the present time. These reflect both the lead-the-fleet situation for civil aircraft within Australia and the desire to operate some military aircraft for lives well in excess of their original design lives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA131036

Entities

People

  • J. Y. Mann

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Composite Materials
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineers
  • Ferrium
  • General Aviation Aircraft
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Military Aircraft
  • Recording Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

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