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Aeronautical Fatigue: A Historical Overview by Toni GC is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses the history of fatigue failures in aeronautics. It describes early fatigue failures in railroads that led to investigations of fatigue over a century ago. It then covers the two Comet aircraft accidents in 1954 which revealed issues with the structural design with respect to fatigue. This led to developments in design principles from safe-life to fail-safe to damage tolerance approaches.

Author

Toni GC

Language

EN