Durability Methods Development

Durability Methods Development
Author: J. N. Yang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1979
Genre: Airframes
ISBN:

Orthochloronitrobenzene (OCNB) is a trace contaminant in Otto Fuel II (OFII), a nitrated ester used as a torpedo propellant by the U.S. Navy. In a published study, OCNB has been reported to produce multiple life tumors in male and female rats. The quantification of OCNB in OFII was performed by high pressure liquid chromatography. The OFII was performed by high pressure liquid chromatography. The OFII was found to contain 0.00165% ONCB and a distillate of OFII was found to contain 0.0009% OCNB. It was estimated that over a 12 month inhalation exposure to 240 mg/cum of OFII an animal would receive a total dose of 0.05 mg OCNB kilogram of body weight. This is insignificant compared to the total dose required for the previously published results. OCNB is not considered to be a factor in the outcome of the current studies.

Durability Methods Development

Durability Methods Development
Author: S. D. Manning
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1979
Genre: Fasteners
ISBN:

A summary is presented of an analytical methodology developed to meet USAF durability requirements. Details are given in four companion volumes. Analytical approaches that are currently used or have potential to be used to determine economic life are surveyed. Results of a structural survey of durability problems experienced at USAF ALC's are summarized. Durability critical parts criteria and economic life criteria are discussed. An analytical method to determine the crack population in a structure as a function of service time is presented. Fastener-hole cracking is the basic form of damage analyzed. Representations of initial quality and growth of small cracks are discussed. The effect of inspection and repair on the distribution of cracks is included.

Durability Methods Development

Durability Methods Development
Author: B. J. Pendley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1979
Genre: Airframes
ISBN:

A critical evaluation of three analytical approaches is made to determine their applicability and/or potential for analytically assuring airframe durability during the design stage. A suitable analytical format for quantifying durability damage is developed based on U.S. Air Force durability design specifications and durability analysis needs. Air Force durability requirements are briefly reviewed and discussed. Three potential approaches for durability damage analysis are conceptually evaluated and discussed: (1) Conventional Fatigue Analysis (Palmgren-Miner Rule); (2) Deterministic Crack Growth Approach; and (3) Probabilistic Crack Growth Approach. The resulting evaluation provides the prerequisite work needed to develop a durability analysis methodology. The probabilistic crack growth approach is found to be the most promising for developing the durability analysis methodology under Phase I.

Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites

Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites
Author: Peter Beaumont
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 873
Release: 2015-05-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 008100138X

Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites: Innovative Modelling Methods and Intelligent Design presents scientific and technological research from leading composite materials scientists and engineers that showcase the fundamental issues and practical problems that affect the development and exploitation of large composite structures. As predicting precisely where cracks may develop in materials under stress is an age old mystery in the design and building of large-scale engineering structures, the burden of testing to provide "fracture safe design" is imperative. Readers will learn to transfer key ideas from research and development to both the design engineer and end-user of composite materials. This comprehensive text provides the information users need to understand deformation and fracture phenomena resulting from impact, fatigue, creep, and stress corrosion cracking and how these phenomena can affect reliability, life expectancy, and the durability of structures. - Presents scientific and technological research from leading composite materials scientists and engineers that showcase fundamental issues and practical problems - Provides the information users need to understand deformation and fracture phenomena resulting from impact, fatigue, creep, and stress corrosion cracking - Enables readers to transfer key ideas from research and development to both the design engineer and end-user of composite materials

Long Term Durability of Structural Materials

Long Term Durability of Structural Materials
Author: P.J.M. Monteiro
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2001-08-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080535593

"Long Term Durability of Structural Materials" features proceedings of the workshop held at Berkeley, CA in October, 2000. It brought together engineers and scientists, who have received grants from the initiative NSF 98-42, to share their results on the study of long-term durability of materials and structures. The major objective was to develop new methods for accelerated short-term laboratory or in-situ tests which allow accurate, reliable, predictions of the long-term performance of materials, machines and structures. To achieve this goal it was important to understand the fundamental nature of the deterioration and damage processes in materials and to develop innovative ways to model the behavior of these processes as they affect the life and long-term performance of components, machines and structures. The researchers discussed their approach to include size effects in scaling up from laboratory specimens to actual structures. Accelerated testing and durability modeling techniques developed were validated by comparing their results with performance under actual operating conditions. The main mechanism of the deterioration discussed included environmental effects and/or exposure to loads, speeds and other operating conditions that are not fully anticipated in the original design. A broad range of deterioration damage, such as fatigue, overload, ultraviolet damage, corrosion, and wear was presented. A broad range of materials of interest was also discussed, including the full spectrum of construction materials, metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and coatings. Emphasis was placed on scale-dependence and history of fabrication on resulting mechanical behavior of materials.

THE QUEST FOR DURABILITY—THE BUSINESS PUZZLE METHOD

THE QUEST FOR DURABILITY—THE BUSINESS PUZZLE METHOD
Author: Jerry Creighton
Publisher: Brick Tower Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2023-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1955036489

“Creating Actionable Strategies and Tactics for Lifecycle Longevity and Continuous Durability.” All business plans and business models (at best) produce a temporary competitive advantage. They need to be constantly updated or expanded to maintain a durable year-over-year business through all lifecycle stages of development and growth. The world is changing rapidly and so are our customers’ preferences, technology capabilities, funding sources, investor shareholder dictates, and demands requiring an innovative, flexible, workforce and leadership. This book covers a methodology to define the essentials needed to prepare and maintain business practices that lead to short-term and synergistic, long-term success in the marketplace. Central to this methodology is the emphasis on reaching and maintaining competitive superiority via perpetual planning and continuous improvement of core capabilities, which are critical for developing business longevity justification, reduction of risk rationale, increased value substantiation, and the avoidance of business failure.

Model Code for Service Life Design

Model Code for Service Life Design
Author: fib Fédération internationale du béton
Publisher: fib Fédération internationale du béton
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9782883940741

fib Bulletin 34 addresses Service Life Design (SLD) for plain concrete, reinforced concrete and pre-stressed concrete structures, with a special focus on design provisions for managing the adverse effects of degradation. Its objective is to identify agreed durability related models and to prepare the framework for standardization of performance based design approaches. Four different options for SLD are given: - a full probabilistic approach, - a semi probabilistic approach (partial factor design), - deemed to satisfy rules, - avoidance of deterioration. The service life design approaches described in this document may be applied for the design of new structures, for updating the service life design if the structure exists and real material properties and/or the interaction of environment and structure can be measured (real concrete covers, carbonation depths), and for calculating residual service life. The bulletin is divided into five chapters: 1. General 2. Basis of design 3. Verification of Service Life Design 4. Execution and its quality management 5. Maintenance and condition control It also includes four informative annexes, which give background information and examples of procedures and deterioration models for the application in SLD. The format of Bulletin 34 follows the CEB-FIP tradition for Model Codes: the main provisions are given on the right-hand side of the page, and on the left-hand side, the comments. Note: An Italian translation of Bulletin 34 is also available; contact us for further details.

Stochastic Crack Propagation with Applications to Durability and Damage Tolerance Analyses

Stochastic Crack Propagation with Applications to Durability and Damage Tolerance Analyses
Author: J. N. Yang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1985
Genre: Mathematical models
ISBN:

Various stochastic models for fatigue crack propagation under either constant amplitude or spectrum loadings have been investigated. These models are based on the assumption that the crack growth rate is a lognormal random process, including the general lognormal random process, lognormal white noise process, lognormal random variable, and second moment approximations, such as Weibull, gamma, lognormal and Gaussian closure approximations. Extensive experimental data have been used for the correlation study with various stochastic models. These include fastener hole specimens under fighter or bomber spectrum laodings and center-cracked specimens under constant amplitude loads. The data sets for the fastener hole specimens cover adequately different loading conditions, environments, load transfers and crack size range. It is shown that the white noise process is definitely not a valid model for fatigue crack propagation.