SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1988
STP33075S

Damage Tolerance of Stiffened-Skin Structures: Prediction and Experimental Verification

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Some consequences of application of current damage tolerance airworthiness requirements for transport aircraft are discussed in terms of designing stiffened-skin structures for safety under all operational load conditions. Compliance with these requirements can be shown by analysis supported by test evidence. To provide the designer with analytical tools to demonstrate that his design meets the required residual strength and crack propagation properties, a number of computer routines were developed by the National Aerospace Laboratory. The principles underlying the calculation procedures used in these computer programs are discussed. An approach incorporated in the computer programs to predict the residual strength of stiffened panels with a skin of a ductile material (such as 2024 alloy) is included. Applications of these programs to some practical stiffened-skin structures are presented together with analysis-test correlations.

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Vlieger, H
Structures and Materials Div., National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), The Netherlands
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Developed by Committee: E08
Pages: 169–219
DOI: 10.1520/STP33075S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5041-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0972-8