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monotonic loading
Crack growth due to cyclic loading caused catastrophic failure of the aircraft
Iowa State University Fracture Mechanics, Spring 2006 Ashraf Bastawros
Fatigue Failure
Aloha Airlines, 4/28/1988. The aircraft lost 1/3 of its roof due to a stress fracture while cruising at 24,000 feet.
Thermal Fatigue: cyclic temperature at constant or zero load Thermo-mechanical Fatigue: combined cyclic variation of both loading and temperature
Iowa State University Fracture Mechanics, Spring 2006 Ashraf Bastawros
From: http://www.airdisaster.com/
Iowa State University Fracture Mechanics, Spring 2006 Ashraf Bastawros
The design could be safe under static loading, but any cyclic loading must be considered.
Iowa State University Fracture Mechanics, Spring 2006 Ashraf Bastawros
Crack length, a
FG da IJ H dN K
FG da IJ H dN K
a1 , 1
da = f (loading) dN
Cycle N Paris, Gomez and Anderson (A rational analytical theory of fatigue, the Trend in
Engineering, Vol 13, 9-14, 1961)
Ashraf Bastawros