This paper describes research to analyze widespread fatigue damage in lap joints. The particular objective is to determine when large numbers of small cracks could degrade the joint strength to an unacceptable level. A deterministic model is described to compute fatigue crack growth and residual strength of riveted panels that contain multiple cracks. Fatigue crack growth tests conducted to evaluate the predictive model are summarized, and indicate good agreement between experimental and numerical results. Monte Carlo simulations are then performed to determine the influence of statistical variability on various analysis parameters.
Analysis of Widespread Fatigue Damage in Lap Joints
Sae Technical Papers
General, Corporate & Regional Aviation Meeting & Exposition ; 1999
1999-04-20
Conference paper
English
Analysis of Widespread Fatigue Damage in Lap Joints
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