Current overconfidence in failsafe concept is criticized; actual design of aircraft should be based on maximum limit probability of fatigue failure during limit life of aircraft, and would constitute only quantity needed to be specified in airworthiness requirements for fatigue; adoption of sharing principle; proposed definitions of safe-life and fail-safe structures; wing fail-safe properties.


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    Title :

    How safe is fail-safe


    Additional title:

    Shell Aviation News


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    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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