24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-5.4.1 (I.L.)

MSD SIMULATION IN LAP JOINTS USING A DBEM MODEL

A. N. Garcia, P. E. Irving
SIMS, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, UK

Keywords: aging aircraft, MSD, lap joint, DBEM

The dual boundary element technique has been used in Monte Carlo simulations to study effects of scatter in prediction of MSD onset in riveted samples. It is found that assumptions about scatter have a major influence on ISP and SMP. Results are compared with MSD data from aircraft.

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