Loads and damage tolerance for helicopters

This report reviews the applicability of damage tolerance concepts to helicopter structures. After a general discussion of the damage tolerance concept, attention is paid to the specific aspects of the helicopter loading environment. Examples are presented of damage tolerant design, both in metal and in composite structures. However, it is felt...

An introductory course on aircraft loading

The present course book has been prepared as lecture notes for a summer course given at the Technical University of Bandung (ITB) in the summer of 1984. This course took place within the framework of the TTA-79 Technical Assistance Project as agreed between the Governments of Indonesia and the Netherlands. The subjects of the course are listed...

Vertical accelerations of a large aircraft during landing and taxiing

Vertical accelerations diiring landing and taxiing have been extracted from the AIDS-data base. This data base contains fatigue related data derived from the AIDS-system, used by KSSU-Boeing 747 operators. Results are presented axid compared with similar data from other sources.

Re-assessment of service life by comparative specimen tests

The paper starts with a general discussion on various aspects of life re-assessment. Specific attention is paid to the possibility of re-assesgrnent by means of comparative fatigue tests on specimens. As an illustration of this method, the paper gives a description of the life-re-assessment procedures applied by the Royal Netherlands Airforce...

Some investigations on the notching procedtire used in shaker tests on satellites

The notching procedure as used in the shaker test on a satellite is critically examined. In stead of the notching procedure an alternative test set-up, in which the dynamic interaction between launcher and spacecraft is taken into account, has been proposed and investigated for a simple model of launcher and satellite. Using this test set-up the...