Fretting Fatigue of Riveted Lap Joints in Aircraft Fuselage
Huayang Zhang,
Jinxiang Liu,
Xin Liu
Abstract:Failure of riveted lap joints originating from fretting fatigue has been responsible for a number of structural failures of aircraft in midflight. Using a combination of extended finite element method analysis and experimental data, this paper investigates the formation and propagation of cracks initiated by fretting, and how it is influenced by rivet squeeze force and by the applied fatigue stresses. It is found that fretting and plain fatigue crack growth life increase with the increase of rivet squeeze forc… Show more
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