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ICAF 18, 1995 - Estimation, Enhancement and Control of Aircraft Fatigue Performance

Proceedings of the 18th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue 5-3 May, 1995, Melbourne, Australia

VOLUME I

Presented Papers

Corrosion Fatigue - The Forgotten Factor in Assessing Durability
W.SCHUTZ

Updating Transport Airplane Landing Impact Criteria
T.J BARNES and T.de FIORE

In-service Aircraft Fatigue Assessment
R.J.CAZES

Corrosion and Fretting as Critical Aviation Safety Issues: Case Studies, Facts, and Figures from US Aircraft Accidents and Incidents
D.W.HOEPPNER, L.GRIMES, A HOEPPNER, J.LEDESMA, T MILLS and A.SHAH

Crack Deflection in Al-Li Alloys for Aircraft Structures
J.A.HURTADO, E.R.De Los RIOS and A.J.Morris

Modelling of Short Fatigue Crack Growth under Mean Stress Loading
C.H.WANG

Fatigue Behaviour of Mechanical Joints: Critical Experiments and Numerical Modelling
B.PALMBERG, G.SEGERFROJD, G-S.WANG AND A.F.BLOM

Developing Inspection Strategies to Enhance Structural Reliability of MSD Structures
A.BROT

Fatigue Analysis and Testing of Aircraft Subjected to Manoeuvre and Buffet Loads of Comparable Magnitude
A .D.GRAHAM, W.B.MADLEY, C.K.RIDER and W.WALDMAN

Damage - Tolerant Repairs to Pressurized Fuselages: "Soft Patching" with Glare Fiber Metal Laminates
R.S.FREDELL, J.SCHIJVE AND A.S.LIZZA

From Damage Mechanics of Composite Materials to Damage Tolerant Structures
M.GAEDKE

Toward the Supportable and Durable Aircraft Fuselage Structure
L.B.VOGELSANG, J.W.GUNNINK, G.H.J.J.ROEBROEKS and R.P.G.MULLER

Assessment and Terminating Action for Widespread Fatigue Damage in C-141 Wing Fuel Transfer Holes
W.R.ELLIOTT, J.W.LINCOLN and D.C. REGISTER

A Probabilistic Fatigue Analysis of Multiple Site Damage: Influence of the Number of Fastener Holes
S.M.ROHRBAUGH, B.M.HILLBERRY and D.RUFF

Analysis of Fatigue Fractographic Data of a Rod End Housing using Monte Carlo Simulation
T.SHIMOKAWA AND Y.KAKUTA

Easily Assembled Structurally Efficient Joints in Metallic Aircraft Structures
L.J.HART-SMITH

Chemical Environments in Commercial Transport Aircraft and their Effect on Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation
D.D.SWARTZ, M.MILLER and D.W.HOEPPNER

Fatigue of Low-Energy Impacted and Moisture Aged Composites C.CAPRILE, G.SALA and A.BUZZI

Investigation of Mechanistic-Based Equivalent Initial Flaw Size Approach
J.N.YANG, S.D.MANNING, J.L.RUDD AND R.M.BADER

Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Assessment of Mechanical Systems in a Fighter Aircraft - JAS 39 Gripen
H.ANSELL B-1B

Aircraft Structural Integrity Program
A.G.DENYER

Understanding Fatigue Failure Analysis under Random Spectrum Loading using a C-17 Test Article Failure
C.L.BROOKS, K.LIU and R.G.EASTIN

Toward a Damage Tolerance Evaluation of Helicopter Composite Components
L.CANDIANI and U.MARIANI

Multiple Crack Initiations and Crack Growth in Riveted Lap Joint Specimens
H.H.OTTENS

The Aero Commander Chronicle
S.J.SWIFT

Loading Spectra, Usage Monitoring and Prediction of Fatigue Damage in Helicopters
K.HILL, R.A.HUDSON, P.E.IRVING and A.D.VELLA

Fatigue Certification of 7050 Structural Items welded by Electron Beam Welding Process
S.PIEVANI, S.PEYRONEL and E.CIOMPI

Multi Site damage and Buckling in Riveted Lap Joints
W.Z.L.ZHUANG, J.P.BAIRD and H.M.WILLIAMSON

Estimating Damage Tolerance Limits for Aging Aircraft
E.K.WALKER

CF116 Main Lower Wing Skin Enhancement Coupon Test Program M.YANISHEVSKY and S.Le GUELLEC

An Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Growth Prediction Methods used in Aircraft Design
L.LAZZERI, A.PIERACCI and A.SALVETTI

Results of the Fokker 100 Full -Scale Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Test Program
S.J.W.RUTTEN and A.A.JONGEBREUR

A Retrospective on a Quarter Century of Fatigue and Damage Tolerant Education in North America
D.W.HOEPPNER

VOLUME II

POSTER PAPERS

The Effect of Pressure Proof Testing on the Retardation of Multi-Site Damage
J.B.YOUNG and E.BITTEL

A New Black Hawk Usage Spectrum for Australian Operations
D.C.LOMBARDO and N.SKUJA

Crack Growth in Aluminium Plates Repaired with Composite Reinforcements
J.J.AAKKULA and O.SAARELA

Full-Scale Crack Propagation Test on Spinning Turbine Disks using the Potential Drop Technique
A.FREDIANI and R.GALATOLO

Corrtest; A Computer Program for Correlating and Validating Separate but Related Sets of Fatigue Data in Range Mean Pair Form
K.WALKERR and L MOLENT

A Simplified Approach to Damage Tolerance Analysis of Riveted Repairs
C.A.BIGELOW, J.G.BAKUCKAS,Jr and P.W.TAN

Axial Crack Propagation and Arrest in Pressurized Fuselage
M.KOSAII, A.SHIMAMOTO, C.T.YU, A.S.KOBAYAASHI and P.TAN

Airborne Strain and Fatigue Life Monitoring
D.L.M.KEESING

Fatigue Crack Growth under In-Service Loading Description and Evolution of PREFAS Model
J.FOULQUIER, D.ALIAGA and B.LACHAUD

Taking Multi-Site Damage past the Linear Elastic Regime (but staying within the Engineer's Domain)
A.NATHAN and A.BROT

Estimation of Loads Causing Fatigue Failures in Accident Investigations
A.BERKOVITS

Corrosion Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Aircraft Structural Materials
T.GOSWAMI and D.W.HOEPPNER

Optimization of Model Parameters to Improve Crack Initiation Prediction of Turbine Discs
K.HOSCHLER, D.SCHELTER and W.KOSCHEL

The Royal New Zealand Air Force Andover C.MK.1 Loads Environment Spectrum Survey (L/ESS)
W.L.PRICE

Electrical Resistance Variations across a Growing Fatigue Crack under Simple Variable Amplitude Loading
P.J.RIDDELL

The Mechanism of Fatigue - a Critical Factor in the Prediction of the Life of Structures
A.ROMEYN

Micromechanical Characterization and Modeling of Fatigue Damage Evolution in CFRP Laminates - Towards Damage Tolerance Design
N.TAKEDA, S.OGIHAARA and A.KOBAYASHI

An Empirical Crack Growth Model for Fiber/Metal Laminates
Y.TOI

The Role of Airline's Maintenance on Continuing Airworthiness of Aging Aircraft
A.NAKAMURA and S.KOBAYASHI

A Definitive Look at Fatigue and Crack Growth using Fleet Aircraft Data
J.D.YOST

Individual Aircraft Tracking System for the Canadian P-3C (CP-140/A) Aircraft Structural Integrity Program
C.CROCKER and M.OORE

Durability of Thin Stiffened Composite Shear Panels
R.S.THOMSON and M.L.SCOTT

Developments in RAAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Management
E.S.WILSON

Fatigue Enhancements due to Cold Expansion in a Range of Aluminium Alloys
R.COOK

Structural Life Management of Royal New Zealand Air Force Aircraft
M.G.POBOG-JAWOROWSKI

Helicopter Dynamic Components Fatigue Tracking System
S.MOON and C.HINGER

An Acousto-Ultrasonics Pattern Recognition Approach for the Characterization of Impact Damage in Materials
G.J.MOLINA and Y.M.HADDAD

A Probabilistic Model for Predicting Fatigue Life due to Crack Formation at Inclusions
P.J.LAZ and B.M.HILLBERRY

Biological Optimization Procedures for a Lightweight Design with High Fatigue Resistance
C.MATTHECK and M.TESCHNER

The Effects of Frequency and Anisotropy on the Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of AA 2224-T3511
M.P.BLINN, M.MILLER and D.W.HOEPPNER

The Role of Fretting Corrosion and Fretting Fatigue in Aircraft Rivet Hole Cracking - Status of an FAA Program
M.MOEEESSER, C.B.ELLIOTT III, S.KINYON, T.FLOURNOY and D.W.HOEPPNER

Progressive Damage Analysis of Laminated Composites due to Tension Fatigue
C.E.HARRIS, T.W.COATS, D.H.ALLEN and D.C.LO

Measurement of the Effective Stress Intensity Factor following an Overload using Crack Propagation Gauges
G.R.ROHRSHEIM and M.WAHAB

Representation of Crack Growth Data for Design
R.P.SHARP