<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>For aircraft structures the failures due to acoustic fatigue are very important, particularly for new supersonic or short take-off aircraft. The majority of acoustic fatigue life test methods are based on the reproduction of noise acting on the structure - in reverberation chambers or progressive wave tubes. The method described in this paper is based on the reproduction of dynamic response of the structure subjected to random acoustic loading.</p></abstract>

For aircraft structures the failures due to acoustic fatigue are very important, particularly for new supersonic or short take-off aircraft. The majority of acoustic fatigue life test methods are based on the reproduction of noise acting on the structure - in reverberation chambers or progressive wave tubes. The method described in this paper is based on the reproduction of dynamic response of the structure subjected to random acoustic loading.

Application of Finite Element Method for Determining Loads for the New Method of Acoustic Fatigue Testing of Aircraft Structures

Fatigue of Aircraft Structures

For aircraft structures the failures due to acoustic fatigue are very important, particularly for new supersonic or short take-off aircraft. The majority of...

Application of Finite Element Method for Determining Loads for the New Method of Acoustic Fatigue Testing of Aircraft Structures

Published Online: Sep 23, 2010

Page range: 140 - 149

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10164-010-0013-y

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