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Crack Initiation Location and Crack Shape Development in Riveted Lap Joints – Experimental Trends

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Riveted Lap Joints in Aircraft Fuselage

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In this chapter the nucleation and shape development of cracks in longitudinal lap joints under static and fatigue loading will be considered. The issues of special attention are the influence of a squeeze force on the mode of fatigue failure and the significance of fretting on a sheet interface for fatigue crack initiation.

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Skorupa, A., Skorupa, M. (2012). Crack Initiation Location and Crack Shape Development in Riveted Lap Joints – Experimental Trends. In: Riveted Lap Joints in Aircraft Fuselage. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 189. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4282-6_7

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