Fatigue in Aircraft Design

1953 ◽  
Vol 57 (513) ◽  
pp. 584-588
Author(s):  
B. E. Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Fatigue Resistance ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Aircraft Design ◽  
Loading Conditions ◽  
Light Alloys ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Utilisation Rate

The problem of fatigue in aircraft design is a comparatively new one so far as the airframe designer is concerned. There are three main reasons for its prominence. Firstly, the utilisation rate has increased enormously, particularly with transport types; indeed, the hours flown by a civil aeroplane in a single year nowadays far exceed those in the whole life of a bomber up to the period of the 1939-45 War. Secondly, the increased cruising speeds of modern aircraft have aggravated the loading conditions which give rise to fatigue; and thirdly, the development of modern high strength light alloys has enabled higher ultimate stresses to be used, although the fatigue resistance of the material has not kept pace with its ultimate strength.

High Cycle Fatigue Resistance and Reliability Assessment of Flexible Printed Circuitry

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Martynenko ◽  
Wen Zhou ◽  
Alexander Chudnovsky ◽  
Ron S. Li ◽  
Larry Poglitsch
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Resistance ◽  
High Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Failure Mechanisms ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Reliability Assessment ◽  
Core Layer ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Multiple Cracks ◽  
Material System ◽  
Cycle Fatigue

Flexible printed circuitry (FPC) is a patterned array of conductors supported by a flexible dielectric film made of high strength polymer material such as polyimide. The flexibility of FPC provides an opportunity for three dimensional packaging, easy interconnections and dynamic applications. The polymeric core layer is the primary load bearing structure when the substrate is not supported by a rigid plate. In its composite structure, the conductive layers are more vulnerable to failure due to their lower flexibility compared to the core layer. Fatigue data on FPCs are not commonly available in published literature. Presented in this paper is the fatigue resistance and reliability assessment of polyimide based FPCs. Fatigue resistance of a specific material system was analyzed as a function of temperature and frequency through experiments that utilized a specially designed experimental setup consisting of sine servo controller, electrodynamic shaker, continuity monitor and temperature chamber. The fatigue characteristics of the selected material system are summarized in the form of S-N diagrams. Significant decrease in fatigue lifetime has been observed due to higher displacements in high cycle fatigue. Observed temperature effect was however counter-intuitive. Failure mechanisms are discussed and complete fracture analysis is presented. In various FPC systems, it has been found that the changes take place in FPC failure mechanisms from well-developed and aligned single cracks through the width at low temperature to an array of multiple cracks with random sizes and locations at high temperature.

Visual Assessment of Corroded Condition of Plates With Pitting Corrosion Taking Into Account Residual Strength: In the Case of Webs of Hold Frames of Bulk Carriers

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuro Nakai ◽  
Hisao Matsushita ◽  
Norio Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Pitting Corrosion ◽  
Residual Strength ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Average Thickness ◽  
Loading Conditions ◽  
Equivalent Thickness ◽  
Thickness Loss ◽  
Minimum Cross Section ◽  
Corrosion Pits

Corrosion pits with a conical shape are typically observed in hold frames in way of cargo holds of bulk carriers which carry coal and iron ore. The ratio of the diameter to the depth of the typical corrosion pits is in the range between 8–1 and 10–1 and its diameter might become up to 50mm. The evaluation of residual strength of members with large uneven pitting corrosion is difficult compared with that of members with general corrosion. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to develop a method for the evaluation of residual strength of pitted members. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of pitting corrosion on the ultimate strength of steel plates under various loading conditions and explore a method for the evaluation of residual thickness of pitted plates. In the present study, a series of non-linear FE-analyses has been conducted with steel plates with a variety of random pit distributions under various loading conditions such as uni-axial compression, bi-axial compression, shear and combination of these. In these analyses, random pit distributions were calculated by the previously developed corrosion model. It has been shown that equivalent thickness loss, which is defined as thickness loss of uniformly corroded plates with the same ultimate strength as the randomly pitted plates, is smaller than or equal to 1.25 times the average thickness loss. It has been also revealed that the equivalent thickness loss for the ultimate strength under the above-mentioned loading conditions is smaller than average thickness loss at the minimum cross section, where the average thickness loss at the minimum cross section almost corresponds to the equivalent thickness loss for the tensile strength. Based on these findings, a method for the estimation of equivalent thickness loss of pitted plates has been discussed using the thickness diminution-DOP relationship, where DOP (Degree of Pitting Intensity) is defined as the ratio of the pitted surface area to the total surface area.

scholarly journals The Assessment of Using CFRP to Enhance the Behavior of High Strength Reinforced Concrete Corbels

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-83
Author(s):  
Mazin Abdulrahman ◽  
Shakir Salih ◽  
Rusul Abduljabbar
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Load Carrying Capacity ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Ultimate Load Capacity ◽  
Load Carrying ◽  
Externally Bonded ◽  
Effective Depth

In this research, an experimental study is conducted to investigate the behavior and strength of high strength reinforced concrete corbels externally bonded with CFRP fabric sheets and Plates with different patterns taking into account the effect of adopted variables in enhancing the ultimate strength; the effect of shear span to effective depth (a/d), configuration, type and amount of bonding. Eleven high strength reinforced corbels were cast and tested under vertical loads. Test results showed there was an improvement in the behavior and load carrying capacity of all strengthened corbels. An increasing in the ultimate strength of strengthened corbel by inclined CFRP strips reached to (92.1%) while the increasing reached to (84.21%) for using one horizontal CFRP Plates compared to un-strengthened reference specimen. Also, it can be conducted that the increase of (a/d) ratio from (0.6 to 0.8) resulted in decreasing by 21.05% in ultimate load capacity of corbels and from (0.4 to 0.6) by 31.25% and 58.69% in cracking and ultimate loads respectively Using CFRP .

Current Situation and Prospect of the Application of FRP in Material Engineering

2014 ◽  
Vol 898 ◽  
pp. 375-377
Author(s):  
Xiao Lin Dong
Keyword(s):  
Composite Material ◽  
Fatigue Resistance ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Temperature Stability ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Wood Structure ◽  
Frp Composites ◽  
Frp Composite

The FRP composite material can replace the traditional under certain conditions, the wood structure of steel and reinforced materials, with high strength, light weight, resistance to corrosion and fatigue resistance, temperature stability and good special, because by civil engineeringcircles. This paper introduces the characteristics of FRP composites, the application of FRP composites in civil engineering are discussed, finally, the prospect of FRP materials are introduced.

Numerical and Experimental Research on the Ultimate Strength for a Stiffened Titanium Cylinder

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siming Yuan ◽  
Qiang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Research Work ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Material Nonlinearity ◽  
Cylinder Pressure ◽  
Scaled Model ◽  
Strength Evaluation ◽  
Strength Assessment

Titanium alloys are widely used in naval ships due to its high strength, low density, no magnetism, corrosion resistance and so on. However, the material nonlinearity brings new challenges to the ultimate strength evaluation on the Titanium structure. This work is to evaluate the ultimate strength for a stiffened titanium cylinder with consideration of material nonlinearity by numerical analysis and scaled model experiment. Firstly, a series of titanium alloy stiffened cylinder pressure hulls are analyzed for their ultimate strength by non-linear Finite Element Method (FEM). Secondly, model tests are carried out for the above titanium cylinders to obtain their ultimate carrying capacity. Thirdly, the good agreement between experiment and numerical results verify that the numerical simulation method is suitable for ultimate strength evaluation. Finally, some influential factors on the ultimate capacity of the stiffened titanium cylinder are investigated, including stiffeners arrangement, thickness of cylinder hulls, inside diameter. The research work can map the limitations of the current rules and to support the development of ultimate strength assessment guidelines for titanium cylinder pressure hulls.

scholarly journals Static Strength of Friction-Type High-Strength Bolted T-Stub Connections under Shear and Compression

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangnian Xu ◽  
Youzhi Wang ◽  
Yefeng Du ◽  
Wenshuai Zhao ◽  
Laiyong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Friction Coefficient ◽  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Compression Ratio ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Load Condition ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Displacement Curve ◽  
Clamping Force ◽  
Bolt Diameter

The friction-type high-strength bolted (FHSB) T-stub connection has been widely used in steel structures, due to their good fatigue resistance and ease of installation. While the current studies on FHSB T-stub connections mainly focus on the structural behaviors under both shear and tensile force, no research has been reported on the mechanical responses of the connections under the combined effects of shear and compression. To make up for this gap, this paper presents a novel FHSB T-stub connection, which is simple in structure, definite in load condition, and easy to construct. Static load tests were carried out on 21 specimens under different shear–compression ratios, and the finite-element (FE) models were created for each specimen. The failure modes, initial friction loads and ultimate strengths of the specimens were compared in details. Then, 144 FE models were adopted to analyze the effects of the friction coefficient, shear–compression ratio, bolt diameter and clamping force on the initial friction load and ultimate strength. The results showed that the FHSB T-stub connection under shear and compression mainly suffers from bolt shearing failure. The load–displacement curve generally covers the elastic, yield, hardening and failure stage. If the shear–compression ratio is small and the friction coefficient is large, its curve only contains the elastic and failure stage. The friction coefficient and shear–compression ratio have great impacts on the initial friction load and ultimate strength. For every 1 mm increase in bolt diameter, the initial friction load increased by about 10%, while the ultimate strength increased by about 8.5%. For each 10% increase/decrease of the design clamping force, the initial friction load decreases/increases by 7.8%, while the ultimate load remains basically the same. The proposed formula of shear capacity and self-lock angles of FHSB T-stub connection can be applied to the design of CSS-enhanced prestressed concrete continuous box girder bridges (PSC-CBGBs) and diagonal bracing.

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