Review of aeronatical fatigue investigations in the Netherlands during the period march 1977 - february 1979

Paper presented at the 16th ICAP Conference, Brussels, 14 and 15 May 1979.

Residual strength data of riveted panels with different stiffener configurations

Residual strength tests were carried out on center-cracked panels with a 2024-T3 or 7075-T6 skin and provided with eccentric stiffeners of practical design. The stiffeners were riveted to the skin. The material of the stiffeners was 7075-T6. In some cases the stiffeners were combined with Ti-alloy crack stoppers. On the basis of the test results...