... this experimental study provided an essential input for the fatigue life assessment programme of the PC-9/A training aircraft currently in service. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper addresses this challenge with a critical literature review and experimental...

...Aaron Warren; Rikard Heslehurst; Eric Wilson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss changes to MIL-STD-1530C “Aircraft Structural Integrity Program” to account for the increased usage of composites in aircraft structures. Design/methodology/approach – The evolution...

...Simon A. Barter Purpose This paper aims to present some aspects associated with the life prediction of structures with fatigue cracks growing from small natural discontinuities in aluminium alloy (AA)7050‐T7451 for a surface condition that is present in F/A‐18 A/B aircraft critical structure...

...Lothar Wagner; Mansour Mhaede; Manfred Wollmann; Igor Altenberger; Yuji Sano Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of mechanical surface treatments on the surface layer properties and the fatigue performance of the aircraft alloys Al 7075‐T73 and Ti‐6Al‐4V Design...

... fatigue life. The crack in the left stiffener bifurcated at nearly 113,000 cycles, growing thereafter along the length of the stiffener. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Fatigue Fracture Aircraft Welding Damage tolerance principles require that the fuselage has the ability...