Accession Number:
ADA275673
Title:
Damage Tolerance: Assessment Handbook. Volume 2: Airframe Damage Tolerance Evaluation
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Jun 1990-Dec 1992
Corporate Author:
JOHN A VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER CAMBRIDGE MA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1993-10-01
Pagination or Media Count:
196.0
Abstract:
This Damage Tolerance Assessment Handbook consists of two volumes Volume 1 introduces the damage tolerance concept with a historical perspective followed by the fundamentals of fracture mechanics and fatigue crack propagation. Various fracture criteria and crack growth rules are studied. Volume 2 treats exclusively the subject of damage tolerance evaluation of airframes. Damage tolerance, Fracture mechanics, Crack initiation, Fracture toughness, Stress intensity factor, Residual strength, Crack propagation, Fatigue, Inspection.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Aircraft
- Information Science
- Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems
- Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
- Mechanics