A summary of the main activities of the Aeritalia GAT (Italian acronym for air transport group) in the field of aeronautical fatigue is presented. These include the following: fatigue tests for G222 Cargo door hooks; ATR 42/72 full scale (aircraft, horizontal tail, main landing gear and support, foreward/after entry door plug type, cockpit pressure, and carbon/epoxy pressure dome) tests; the MD-11 full scale winglet assembly fatigue test; and specimen fatigue tests (crack propagation, bonded structures, carbon/epoxy solid laminates, cold working effects on 7050-T73 material).
Review of Aeronautical Fatigue Investigation Activities Developed in Aeritalia-Gat during the Period May 1987 - April 1989
1989
9 pages
Report
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Englisch