Fatigue Crack Growth Failure and Lifing Analyses for Metallic Aircraft Structures and Components

✍ Scribed by Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 104
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a concise discussion of fatigue crack growth (FCG) failure and lifing analysis methods for metallic aircraft structures and components. After a reasonably concise historical review, surveys are made of (i) the importance of fatigue for aircraft structural failures and the sources of fatigue nucleation and cracking, (ii) contemporary FCG lifing methods, and (iii) the Quantitative Fractography (QF) required for determining the actual FCG behaviour. These surveys are followed by the main part of the book, which is a discussion, using case histories, of the applicabilities of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) and non-LEFM methods for analysing service fatigue failures and full- and sub-scale test results. This discussion is derived primarily from the experiences of the Defence Science and Technology Group in Melbourne, Australia, and the Netherlands Aerospace Centre, Marknesse, the Netherlands.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Historical Review (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 1-20
Basic Information for Aircraft FCG Failure and Lifing Analyses (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 21-27
Quantitative Fractography (QF) for FCG Analyses (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 29-41
Aermacchi MB-326H Wing Spar (1990): Exponential FCG Analysis (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 43-48
P&W 125B Engine Bearing (1994): 2-Stage Exponential FCG Analysis (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 49-53
EBA Example Lifing Assessment (2004): F/A-18 Horizontal Stabilator Spindles (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 55-60
LCFLF Example Lifing Assessment (2004): F/A-18 Vertical Tail Attachment Stubs (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 61-65
Cubic Rule Life Prediction Examples (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 67-70
Fokker 100 Fuselage Test: Lap Joints Exponential FCG Analysis (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 71-76
Sikorsky S-61N Rotor Blade (1974): Exponential FCGR Analysis (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 77-82
Westland Lynx Rotor Hub (1998): Progression Marking LEFM Analysis (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 83-88
Closing Remarks (Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, Loris Molent)....Pages 89-89
Back Matter ....Pages 91-99

✦ Subjects

Engineering; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Structural Materials