Fatigue of Aircraft Structures

Aims & Scope

The publication focuses on problems of aeronautical fatigue and structural integrity.

The preferred topics include: full-scale fatigue testing of aircraft and aircraft structural components, fatigue of materials and structures, advanced materials and innovative structural concepts, damage tolerant design of aircraft structure, life extension and management of ageing fleets, structural health monitoring and loads, fatigue crack growth and life prediction methods, NDT inspections, airworthiness considerations.

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This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• In-Service Flaw Detection and Quantification in the Composite Structures of Aircraft

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Krzysztof, Piotr

• Monitoring of Crack Growth in a Structure Under a Composite Patch

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Michał, Piotr, Michał, Krzysztof

• Stress Intensity Factor Calculations for the Compressor Blade with Half-Elliptical Surface Crack Using Raju-Newman Solution

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Lucjan

• Experimental and Numerical Study of Strain Progress During and After Riveting Process for Brazier Rivet and Rivet with Compensator - Squeezing Force and Rivet Type Effect

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Wojciech, Jerzy

• Simulation of Fatigue Crack Growth in Integrally Stiffened Panels Under the Constant Amplitude and Spectrum Loadin

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Petr

• Flight Loads Acquisition for PZL-130 Orlik TCII Full Scale Fatigue Test

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Piotr, Andrzej

• Predicting Fatigue Crack Growth and Fatigue Life Under Variable Amplitude Loading

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Michal, Dorota, Henryk

• Experimental and Numerical Crack Initiation Analysis of the Compressor Blades Working in Resonance Conditions

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Lucjan

• The Synthetic Description of the Results, Scientific Achievements and Practical Applications of the Eureka − Imperja Project, E3496! − “Improving the Fatigue Performance of Riveted Joints in Airframes”

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Jerzy

• Investigation into Fatigue Behaviour of Metal-Composite Glue Connection

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Mirosław