Aging Systems and Sustainment Technology

Abstract

Fatigue is a failure mode in aircraft that emerged in the fifties and sixties as a significant threat to their structural integrity. Since that time, the research community has extensively studied the phenomenon and has developed the technology to describe the propagation of fatigue cracks in a structure. This paper describes an approach that, when followed, will virtually eliminate catastrophic failures from this mechanism.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP010765

Entities

People

  • John W. Lincoln

Organizations

  • Aeronautical Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programs
  • Damage Tolerance
  • Databases
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fracture (Mechanics)
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Military Aircraft
  • Structural Components
  • Structural Integrity
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Economics
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.