Aircraft full-scale fatigue tests are expensive to conduct and they are a critical item on the certification path of any aircraft design or modification. Two aspects that contribute to the cost of a test are its duration and the loads spectrum development process. This paper provides a summary of a proposed supplemental pseudo full-scale fatigue test (FSFT) aimed at rapid certification. In this instance the method was developed with the aid of extant FSFTs that were found to be deficient. The proposed process involves the development of proof loads, damage size estimates, a loads application rig, insertion of the target damage or modifications and conducting proof testing. As all locations with a propensity to crack are known, the process is considered to be the equivalent of having conducted a representative fatigue test for the required service life target and then demonstrating adequate residual strength (i.e. proof testing the damage state at the end of a FSFT).


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    Title :

    Pseudo Fatigue Testing for Rapid Certification to Service


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    Publication date :

    2014


    Size :

    6 Seiten




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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