The current trend is for military and commercial aircraft to be used beyond their original design life as well as for a longer calendar time. To Support this trend structures research and development must include a focus on topics that will support aging aircraft. The identification of these R&D topics included a review of the technical papers that were presented at the June 1993 Conferences of the International Conference on Aeronautical Fatigue (ICAF) and the 5th International Conference on Structural Airworthiness of New and Aging Aircraft; ideas were also obtained from the USAF sponsored Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) Conference held in November 1993. These R&D topics have been grouped into six technical areas.
Flight Dynamics Directorate (FDD) Research and Development for Aging Aircraft
1994
25 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Commercial aircraft , Military aircraft , Aging(Materials) , Airframes , Structural integrity , Symposia , Corrosion , Life expectancy(Service life) , Fracture(Mechanics) , Crack propagation , Fatigue(Mechanics) , Aeronautical engineering , Flight loads , Airworthiness , Aircraft design , Aging aircraft , Life prediction , Fdd(Flight dynamics directorate)