An investigation of residual stresses in simulated wing panels of 7075-T6 aluminum.
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Authors
Engle, Edward C.
Subjects
residual stress
stress concentration
strain concentration
stress concentration
strain concentration
Advisors
Lindsey, G. H.
Date of Issue
1979-12
Date
December 1979
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The advent of onboard aircraft microprocessor fatigue monitoring systems will establish the opportunity to fully exploit residual stresses at stress-critical areas, including their effects on fatigue predictions. An experimental investigation was undertaken to more fully understand them by making photoelastic measurements of residual stresses at notches in simulated wing panels of 7075-T6 aluminum and to establish the relationships between the local stresses, residual stresses, and the far-field or applied stress. The stress concentration factors were found to decrease with increased plastic deformation while the strain concentration factors were found to remain constant. The residual stress levels were found to be immutable despite changes in fatigue loading conditions, notch geometry, or test duration.
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Department
Aeronautics
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.