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USAF Damage Tolerant Design Handbook: Guidelines for the Analysis and Design of Damage Tolerant Aircraft Structures. Revision B.

ADA153161

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Gallagher, J. P.; Giessler, F. J.; Berens, A. P.
Page Count	1333
Abstract	This handbook supports the USAF Airplane Damage Tolerance Requirements contained in MIL-A-83444. The handbook provides specific background data and justification for the detailed requirements of MIL-A-83444 and provides guidelines and state-of-the-art analysis methods to assist contractor and USAF personnel in complying with the intent of the specification and in solving cracking problems, in general, for metallic aircraft structures. The material contained in this document is general enough to be useful in the evaluation of the damage tolerance of in-service aircraft designed and qualified prior to the issuance of MIL-A-83444. The handbook has been structured to provide a clear and concise summary of the specification, MIL-A-83444, as well as supporting analysis methods, test techniques, and nondestructive inspection (NDI) methods are provided as state-of-the-art along with suggested and/or recommended practices, limitations, etc. For the convenience of the user, copies of appropriate USAF structural specifications are contained as an appendix to this handbook.
Keywords	Military aircraft Damage assessment Airframes Damage Cracks Military requirements Structural properties Mathematical prediction Computer aided design Sizes(Dimensions) Crack propagation Handbooks Tolerance Inspection Nondestructive testing Test methods Fracture(Mechanics) Metals Strength(Mechanics) Specifications Damage tolerant design MIL-A-83444 NDI(Nondestructive inspection) Residual strength
Source Agency	Air Force Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	51C - Aircraft 46E - Structural Mechanics 41A - Computer Aided Design, CAD 94J - Nondestructive Testing 41G - Quality Control & Reliability
Corporate Authors	Dayton Univ., OH. Research Inst.; Air Force Wright Aeronautical Labs., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Revision B to report dated 1 Jul 79. See also Revision B, AD-A078 216.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 80-Mar 84.
NTIS Issue Number	198515
Contract Number	F33615-80-C-3229

USAF Damage Tolerant Design Handbook: Guidelines for the Analysis and Design of Damage Tolerant Aircraft Structures. Revision B.

USAF Damage Tolerant Design Handbook: Guidelines for the Analysis and Design of Damage Tolerant Aircraft Structures. Revision B.
ADA153161

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Gallagher, J. P.; Giessler, F. J.; Berens, A. P.
Page Count	1333
Abstract	This handbook supports the USAF Airplane Damage Tolerance Requirements contained in MIL-A-83444. The handbook provides specific background data and justification for the detailed requirements of MIL-A-83444 and provides guidelines and state-of-the-art analysis methods to assist contractor and USAF personnel in complying with the intent of the specification and in solving cracking problems, in general, for metallic aircraft structures. The material contained in this document is general enough to be useful in the evaluation of the damage tolerance of in-service aircraft designed and qualified prior to the issuance of MIL-A-83444. The handbook has been structured to provide a clear and concise summary of the specification, MIL-A-83444, as well as supporting analysis methods, test techniques, and nondestructive inspection (NDI) methods are provided as state-of-the-art along with suggested and/or recommended practices, limitations, etc. For the convenience of the user, copies of appropriate USAF structural specifications are contained as an appendix to this handbook.
Keywords	Military aircraft Damage assessment Airframes Damage Cracks Military requirements Structural properties Mathematical prediction Computer aided design Sizes(Dimensions) Crack propagation Handbooks Tolerance Inspection Nondestructive testing Test methods Fracture(Mechanics) Metals Strength(Mechanics) Specifications Damage tolerant design MIL-A-83444 NDI(Nondestructive inspection) Residual strength
Source Agency	Air Force Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	51C - Aircraft 46E - Structural Mechanics 41A - Computer Aided Design, CAD 94J - Nondestructive Testing 41G - Quality Control & Reliability
Corporate Authors	Dayton Univ., OH. Research Inst.; Air Force Wright Aeronautical Labs., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Revision B to report dated 1 Jul 79. See also Revision B, AD-A078 216.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 80-Mar 84.
NTIS Issue Number	198515
Contract Number	F33615-80-C-3229