An Overview of Innovative Strategies for Fracture Mechanics at NASA Langley Research Center

Author: Ratcliffe, James G.
Published: Apr. 12, 2010.
Physical Description: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators: Glaessgen, Edward H. and Ransom, Jonathan B.

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Engineering fracture mechanics has played a vital role in the development and certification of virtually every aerospace vehicle that has been developed since the mid-20th century. NASA Langley Research Center s Durability, Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch has contributed to the development and implementation of many fracture mechanics methods aimed at predicting and characterizing damage in both metallic and composite materials. This paper presents a selection of computational, analytical and experimental strategies that have been developed by the branch for assessing damage growth under monotonic and cyclic loading and for characterizing the damage tolerance of aerospace structures

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Structural Mechanics

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Document ID: 20100016315.
NF1676L-10388.
AIAA Paper 2010-2560.
51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference; 12-15 Apr. 2010; Orlando, FL; United States.

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