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2020 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Full-Scale Fatigue Testing from a Structural Analysis Perspective
verfasst von : Derk Daverschot, Paul Mattheij, Mathias Renner, Yudi Ardianto, Manuel De Araujo, Kyle Graham
Erschienen in: ICAF 2019 – Structural Integrity in the Age of Additive Manufacturing
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Abstract
Generally speaking, full-scale fatigue tests are used to demonstrate ‘Means of Compliance’ (MoC) for Type Certification. Aircraft are designed in accordance with fatigue and damage tolerance requirements; the main purpose of the fatigue test being to provide the physical evidence necessary to validate design assumptions.
Located at the top of the test pyramid, these tests come with significant investment. The test objective is therefore not only limited to compliance with regulations, but also aims to obtain highly important experience of the airframe providing significant benefit to future applications.
This paper presents the structural analysis view of full-scale fatigue testing, which drives large parts of the test definition, execution, exploitation and use of test outcomes. Evolution of the general fatigue test approach, alignment of fatigue requirements with test execution and exploitation of the test results for Airbus aircraft is explained. Finally, the paper also aims to capture details regarding future development of full-scale fatigue testing.