Ex-Service F/A-18 Centre Barrel Fatigue Flaw Identification Test Plan

Abstract

This report provides a generic plan for fatigue cycling and teardown of ex-service F/A-18 centre barrels for the purpose of fatigue flaw identification. It describes the accelerated fatigue test cycling program which will be applied to each centre barrel to increase the size of existing microflaws or defects so that they can be more reliably detected. It also covers the teardown, inspection and storage requirements of the project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA417284

Entities

People

  • B. Dixon
  • L. Molent

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Australia
  • Corrosion
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fractography
  • Hydrogen Embrittlement
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Inspection
  • Materials
  • Vehicles

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