Service life prediction of composite structures through fiber testing

Increasing the severity of the stress history of a structure reduces it's service life. Feasibility studies to increase the zero fuel weight of the P-3 Orion depend heavily on the resulting decrease in service life of the wing box and airframe. One option of extending the service life of existi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morin, Gregory Scott.
Other Authors: Wu, Edward M.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27260