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Methods for predicting crack growth in advanced structuresDamage tolerance design and analysis is widely used in fracture critical military aircraft engine components. Linear elastic fracture mechanics techniques have been developed and verified. These are used to predict the crack propagation lives of complex geometries under mission cycling conditions. Research on methods necessary for the prediction of elevated temperature crack growth in advanced structures is reviewed. These include environmentally assisted time-dependent crack growth, non-linear fracture mechanics parameters for thermal mechanical fatigue crack growth, and finite element modeling of crack growth in composites.
Document ID
19910031417
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Van Stone, R. H.
(General Electric Co. Cincinnati, OH, United States)
Kim, K. S.
(GE Aircraft Engines Cincinnati, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Subject Category
Structural Mechanics
Accession Number
91A16040
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS3-23940
CONTRACT_GRANT: F33615-84-C-532
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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