Effect of Aircraft Failures on USAF Structural Requirements

Abstract

Structural failures in both commercial and military aircraft have been the primary factor that has changed rules and specifications that engineers use for design. In many cases, the failures have identified threats to structural integrity that were not previously identified by the certification authorities. Commercial failures have influenced the military specifications and the military failures have influenced the commercial aircraft rules. The experience derived from the individual failures is used to describe the lessons learned and to illustrate the evolution of structural criteria that the United States Air Force (USAF) uses for procurement of new aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA573164

Entities

People

  • John W. Lincoln

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Distribution Functions
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Risk Analysis
  • Structural Integrity
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.