A Finite Element and Experimental Investigation on the Fatigue of Riveted Lap Joints in Aircraft Applications

Aircraft fuselage skin panels are joined together by rivets. The initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks in aircraft structures at and around the rivet/skin interface is directly related to residual stress field induced during the riveting process and subsequent service loads. Variations in the...

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Main Author: Atre, Amarendra
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10494