A reliability analysis for predicting the statistical distribution of time to fatigue crack initiation for aircraft structures in service is presented. The present analysis utilizes the statistical data of the specimen fatigue tests, the full-scale structure tests, and the statistical dispersion of aircraft service loads. The statistical distribution of the time to fatigue crack initiation of the full-scale structure under laboratory loading spectrum is assumed to be Weibull. The service loads for gust turbulences are modeled as Poisson processes for transport-type aircraft, while the maneuver loads are modeled as compound Poisson processes for fighter and training aircraft. It is found that the statistical distribution of time to fatigue crack initiation for aircraft structures in service is not Weibull and that the prediction on the basis of the Weibull distribution is unconservative, in particular in the early service time.


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    Title :

    Joint aircraft loading/structure response statistics of time to service crack initiation


    Contributors:
    Yang, J.-N. (author) / Trapp, W. J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1976-04-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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