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Strength of Aeroplanes in Relation to Repeated Loads*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

D. Williams
D. Williams*
Affiliation:
Structures Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment
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Summary

The present position relating to the effect of repeated loads on aircraft structures is reviewed from the point of view of the capacity of aircraft structures to withstand such loads and also of their frequencies of occurrence in the life of the aircraft.

A rough account is given of the statistical methods by which such frequencies can be estimated, and the conclusions to which the use of these methods leads are discussed.

The note ends with an outline of a suggested programme of research and a brief statement of the conclusions reached.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , February 1950 , pp. 291 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1950

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Footnotes

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Modified Paper (A.R.C. No. 9965) received December 1948.

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