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ICAF 22, 2003 - Fatigue of Aeronautical Structures as an Engineering Challenge

The general theme of the Symposium was 'Fatigue of Aeronautical Structures as an Engineering Challenge', with sessions devoted to specific aspects, such as Loads Development; Loads Monitoring and Structural Health; the Challenge of Full Scale Testing; Fatigue Behavior of Aircraft Structures and Welded Structures; Fatigue and Corrosion Damage; Fatigue Models; Simulation and Correlation; Repair Solutions. Tthe first flight of the Wright Flyer had to be delayed due to a fatigue problem. A hollow propeller shaft (hollow to reduce weight) developed a fatigue crack. This incident took place only 100 year ago. Today, we have made a lot of progress in the fatigue design, but it is still an important issue in the aerospace industry. A lot of airplanes are flying above there design life, and structural integrity has to be maintained.

VOLUME I

PRESENTED PAPERS

Plantema Memorial Lecture
Fibre Metal Laminates - The Development of a New Family of Hybrid Materials
L. B. Vogelesang

A Dynamic Load Distribution Method for a Usage Spectrum Fatigue Test of a Fighter Aircraft Wing
J. WEISS and P. KROESE

Development of a Parametric Aircraft Fatigue Monitoring System Using Artificial Neural Networks
S. Reed and D. Cole

Pilatus PC-12 - Fatigue Assessment of Production Damages in Pressure Dome
D. R. HAENNI and C. W. INNIS

Experiences with On-Line Data Trend Monitoring on a Full-Scale Aircraft Fatigue Test
R. L. HEWITT and R. J. HISCOCKS

A Modern and Efficient Full Scale Fatigue Test for the Swiss F/A-18
F. Schwarberg, M. Hofstetter, M. Guillaume and I. Pfiffner

The Challenge of Conducting a Meaningful Full Scale Fatigue Test on a Transport Aircraft Empennage
P. JACKSON and A. W. CARDRICK

Fatigue Behaviour of Fuselage Panels with Welded Stiffeners
L. Albugues and P. Rodrigo

A Critical Review of Strategies Used to Deal with Metal Fatigue
R. G. Eastin

On the Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Simulation of Fatigue Life and Crack Statistic for the Purpose of Damage Tolerance Assessment
D. D. Cioclov, M. C. Escobedo Medina and H-J. Schmidt

Advanced Durability and Damage Tolerance Design and Analysis Methods for Composite Structure
Ch. E. Harris, M. J. Shuart and J. H. Starnes

EMBRAER New Family of Jets - Meeting the Current Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Requirements
W. Gonçalves, A. Pramono and C. E. Chaves

Fatigue Design Philosophy of the PC-21 Aircraft M. Gottier and J. Spichtig Fatigue and Fracture Behaviour of Friction Stir Welded Aluminium Alloy AA6056-T6
W. V. Vaidya, K. Angamuthu, V. Ventzke, M. Kocak and F. Palm

Fatigue Properties of Friction Stir Welded Aluminium Butt Joints
C. Dalle Donne , G. Raimbeaux, G. BIALLAS, D. ALLEHAUX, F. PALM and T. GHIDINI

Fatigue Crack Growth in D357-T6 and 2024-T3 under Variable Amplitude Loading and Validation of Fatigue Crack Growth Models
C. D. Glancey and R. Stephens

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Techniques on Future Airbus Aircraft
R. A. Collins, S. T. Kimmins, D. Campassens and P. Rodrigo

Characterization of Fatigue Behaviour of Aircraft Fuselage Structure
J. G. Bakuckas, C. A. Bigelow and P. W. Tan

Damage Tolerance of Fuselage Welded Stiffened Panels
F. Congourdeau, B. Journet and C. Meyer

Crack Growth of Corner Cracks at Offset Holes: Experimental Validation of Predictions from Commercial Codes
M. B. Heinimann, W. J. Baumeister & N. C. Ramachandran

Sliding a Fretting Model into Holistic Structural Assessment Methods
S. P. PROST-Domasky, C. L. Brooks, and E. J. Tuegel

A Review of Corrosion Fatigue and Corrosion/Fatigue Considerations in Aircraft Structural Design
D. W. Hoeppner

Fatigue Crack Propagation in Aluminium Alloys in the Presence of Corrosion Prevention Compounds
K. Shankar, C. Purry and A. Fien Stress

Analysis of Mechanically Fastened Joints and Stress Intensity Factor Solutions for Countersunk Holes under General Loading
J. J. M. de Rijck and S. A. Fawaz

Experimental Verification of Stress Intensity Factor Solutions for Corner Cracks at a Hole Subject to General Loading
S. Fawaz, B. Andersson and J. Newman

Load History Effects during Fatigue Crack Propagation in Glare
R. C. Alderliesten and H. J. M. Woerden

Eurofighter Typhoon Production Major Airframe Fatigue Test
M. Greenhalgh

"Compres": EU funded Multi-National Research Effort for Bonded Composite Repairs of Aging Commercial Aircraft
A. Nathan, H. Leibovich and I. Kressel

Metallic Riveted Repair Calculation
C. Meyer and B. Rosemberg

Design Substantiation and Application of Boron-Epoxy Patch Repair on an F-16 Upper Fuselage Skin
I. Kressel, G. Ghilai, S. Gali, N. Hackman, H. Leibovich, D. Peled, A. Brot, U. SOL, E. Grosu, I. Cohen,M. BEN-NOON, S. Jiny, Y. Meir, R. Halevi, L. Alon and A. Atzmoni

VOLUME II

POSTER PAPERS

Significance of Local Multiple Crack Growth Consideration on Aging Aircraft Structural Damage Tolerance Analysis
J. Dai, M. Creager, K. Odian and P. Safarian

Deep Rolling of Aircraft Components
K. Röttger

Direct Jack Optimization for the Loading of the Wing by the Swiss F/A-18 Full Scale Fatigue Test
G. Mandanis, M. Guillaume and J. Weiss

Influence of Coldworking and Interference Fit on Fatigue Life Fastener Hole Plates with Short Edge-Margins
D. Julien, T. Bui-Quoc, M. Bernard and S. Larouche

Flaw Tolerance Evaluation of Helicopter Rotor Parts
S. Beretta, M. Giglio, U. Mariani and M. Vicario

Fatigue Resistance of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers up to the Gigacycle Regime
S. Michel and H. Martens

Determination of Fatigue-Related Features of the Initial Discontinuity State of Aluminum Alloy
A. A. Merati

P-3C Crack Growth Life Predictions under Spectrum Loading
N. S. Iyyer, Y. S. Kwon and N. Phan

Analysis of the Stiffened Structure Residual Strength Using R-Curve of the Skin Material
B. G. Nesterenko

CAE Based Durability & Damage Tolerance Analysis for Aerospace Applications - A State of the Art Integrated Analysis Tool in MSC.Patran for D&DT Analysis Using Static, Transient, Forced Vibration and Frequency Response Results
A. Pun and M. Veltri

Fatigue Crack Growth Response of RX818 in JP8 Jet Fuel
J. H. Feiger and P. C. McKeighan

Damage Tolerance Analysis of Pilatus Trainer Aircraft to Maintain Required Operational Life
C. J. Spedding, N. R. Mendum and Y. Pilon

Fatigue Analysis of Riveted or Bolted Connections using the Finite Element Method
T. Stehlin

Pitting Behavior and Residual Fatigue Life of 7075-T6 Aluminum Extruded C-141 Wing
P. N. Clark and D. W. Hoeppner

Interaction of Stress Raisers: New Methods for the Design of Aerostructures
R. Graham, L. Gill, M. RAINES and K. G. SWIFT

Inspection of Fastener Holes Using Phased Array Ultrasonic Fast Focus
P. G. Herzog, J. J. Selman and M. MOLES

Fatigue Crack Behaviour and Interaction with the Residual Stress Field of a Cold Worked Hole
M. T. Kokaly, J. H. Restis and L. F. Reid

Risk Analysis of Corrosion Maintenance Actions in Aircraft Structures
M. Liao, D. S. Forsyth, J. P. Komorowski, M. Safizadeh, Z. Liu and N. Bellinger

Development of Hybrid Bayesian Analysis Code for Continuing Integrity of Aircraft Structures
S. Ito, W. Bintuan, H. Shoji and T. Okada

In Service Validation Testing of the Hawk MK 127 Fatigue Monitoring System
W. Foster, L. Meadows, N. McCusker and R. Young

The Comparison of Two Load Sequences, Tested at Several Stress Levels by Fractographic Examination
R. A. Pell, P. J. Mazeika and L. Molent

Affordable Evolution: F/A-18E/F forward Fuselage Modification and Structural Certification Incorporating Unitized Structure
M. K. Holly and T. N. Callihan

Durability and Damage Tolerance of Laser Formed Titanium Materials for Air Force Spare Part Fabrication
M. H. Bohun, S. F. Fields, K. T. Slattery, W. D. Leng, R. Ive, P. A. Kobryn and D. J. Evans