Abstract
Fighter/trainer empennages and STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft flap systems are subjected to severe acoustic pressure levels as high as 150–170 dB. As a result, acoustic fatigue has become one of the major factors in design. Empennages and flap systems are also subject to high temperatures and thus the influence of thermal buckling on fatigue life must be taken into consideration. To estimate the sonic fatigue life of skin structures, combined use is made of the Monte Carlo method of non-linear panel response analysis and local stress-strain simulations with rheological models. Calculations were conducted and comparison of the results with experimental data shows that the method estimates the sonic fatigue life accurately when adequate values of fatigue notch factors are chosen. Example calculations with thermal as well as static pressure effects were also carried out and the effect of thermal buckling on sonic fatigue life is clarified.
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