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Materials Mechanics – The Basis of Advanced Technology for Ageing Aircraft
Author(s) -
Boller Chr.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
materialwissenschaft und werkstofftechnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1521-4052
pISSN - 0933-5137
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4052(200104)32:4<388::aid-mawe388>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , engineering , mechanical engineering , geography , archaeology
Materials mechanics plays a significant role in assessing the damage status and handling of an ageing aircraft. This paper deals with determination and use of operational loads monitoring regarding fatigue life evaluation at specifically damage critical locations as well as the resulting consequences in fleet management. Regarding damage‐tolerant design specifically aspects such as simulation of multi‐site damage cracking and optimised design of repairs are discussed. Finally some recent techniques and results with regard to structure integrated sensing in the context of smart structures is presented.