Aging of U.S. Air Force Aircraft.

Abstract

The U.S. Air Force requested the National Research Council to identify research and development (R&D) needs and opportunities to support the continued operation of their aging aircraft. Specifically, this study focuses on aging aircraft structures and materials and has the major objectives of 1. developing an overall strategy that addresses the Air Force aging aircraft needs 2. recommending and prioritizing specific technology opportunities in the areas of fatigue, corrosion fatigue, and stress corrosion cracking corrosion, prevention and mitigation, nondestructive inspection maintenance and repair, failure analysis and life prediction methodologies. The approach that the committee took to accomplish this study was to conduct working sessions to identify current aging aircraft problems and technology needs; review ongoing and planned aging aircraft R&D efforts by the Air Force; and review related research at other government agencies, within industry and in the academic research community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA330900

Entities

Organizations

  • National Research Council

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fuselages
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.