Knowing the real history of the fatigue process is a valuable asset to the for design, development, and reliable operation of structures exposed to time-variable loading service conditions. Information of this type is encoded in the fracture surface morphology. This information can be decoded by quantitative fractography and transformed it into a form interesting from the engineering point of view. Application of these fractographic methods is conditioned by the existence and detectability of fractographic features the characteristics of which are correlated with fatigue crack growth rate. In the paper presented, three various fractographic features are used for fractographic reconstitution - striations (in the case of constant amplitude loading), beach marks (for simple program loading), and special inserted fracture marks (for complex program loading). The importance and irreplaceable role of the fractographic analysis is illustrated by some case studies dealing with full-scale fatigue tests of aircraft structure parts.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Fatigue crack growth history in damage tolerance design of aircraft structures


    Additional title:

    Die Geschichte des Ermüdungsrisswachstums bei der Schadenstoleranzauslegung von Flugzeugbauteilen


    Contributors:
    Siegl, Jan (author) / Nedbal, Ivan (author) / Kunz, Jiri (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 16 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Fatigue and Damage Tolerance of Ageing Aircraft Structures

    Nesterenko, G. I. / International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997


    Predicting Fatigue Crack Growth on Aircraft Structures

    Smith, Bert L. / Lee, S. Y. | SAE Technical Papers | 1981



    Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Assessment of Aircraft Structures in Presence of Multiple Damage

    Beaufils, J. Y. / Boetsch, R. / Davy, A. et al. | British Library Online Contents | 1994


    Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Assessment of Aircraft Structures in Presence of Multiple Damage

    Beaufils, J. Y. / Boetsch, R. / Davy, A. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994