This book contains the proceedings of the 25th symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue that was held from 27-29 May 2009 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It contains 77 selected papers on a broad range of structural fatigue related topics. They all reflect in some way or another the ICAF 2009 symposium’s theme "Bridging the gap between theory and operational practice", with particular emphasis on:
Airworthiness considerations
Advanced materials and innovative structural concepts
Full-scale fatigue testing of aircraft and aircraft structural components
Life extension and management of ageing fleets
Structural health and structural loads monitoring
NDI, inspections and maintenance
Fatigue crack growth and life prediction methods
Fatigue life enhancement methods and repair solutions
Environmental effects
Probabilistic modelling and risk analysis
The book is an excellent read for anyone with an interest in aeronautical fatigue and aircraft structural integrity, from both a scientific and a practical point of view.
The 31st Conference and the 25th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue will be hosted in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, by the National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, under the auspices of the Netherlands Association of Aeronautical Engineers NVvL, the Technical University of Delft and Stork Fokker AESP B.V.
These Proceedings will consist of reviews of aeronautical fatigue activities presented by the national delegates of the 14 member nations of ICAF. It will also contain specialist papers presented by international authors with design, manufacturing, airworthiness regulations, operations and research backgrounds. The papers will be based on the theme “Bridging the gap between theory and operational practice”.
Coverage of all areas related to aeronautical fatigue and aircraft structural integrity
M. Bos
Advanced materials Aeronautical fatigue Fatigue Feder ICAF Metall aircraft airworthiness design development environmental effects probabilistic modelling risk analysis structural integrity