Books and literature

This is the collection of papers read at the 1967 Melbourne symposium which had, as the main theme, design, economic and operational aspects. These are further summarised in two categories, the design and operational aspects of the fatigue problem in general aviation and transport aircraft and, of unusual interest, the economic aspects of the fatigue problem as it affects both operators and manufacturers. Altogether this covers the structural load measurement and analysis, design and certification programmes of a wide range of aircraft. At one extreme are the several papers on helicopters such as “The application of Ti‐6A1‐4V to fatigue loaded components”, “The fatigue and fail‐safe programme for the Lockheed 286” and also among light aircraft, “The design and certification for executive type aircraft”, “Agricultural aircraft flight loads”, “Typical spectra and some observations on airworthiness” and “The New Zealand light aircraft fatigue meter programme”. At the other extreme, there are papers on “Design and philosophy and fatigue testing of the Concorde” and “Fatigue design and test programme for the American SST”.