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The Level of Safety Achieved by Periodic Inspection for Fatigue Cracks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

R. R. Shaw
R. R. Shaw*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Aviation, Australia
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It is currently believed in some parts of the world that the problem of structural fatigue in the case of aircraft having a modern multiple spar wing structure can be safely dealt with by allowing fatigue cracks to develop in service. The typical multiple spar wing has its bending tension area distributed between the “ caps “ of two or more spars and a large number of independent heavy stringers. It is believed in some quarters that complete failure in flight of any one spar boom or stringer due to fatigue will leave the wing with sufficient strength for the aircraft to land safely. This note does not discuss the validity of this belief, nor the level of safety so achieved, but attempts an objective assessment of a problem that arises as a consequence of this belief.

Type
Technical Notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 526 , October 1954 , pp. 720 - 723
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954

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