FATIGUE LIFE CONSIDERATIONS FOR GLIDERS OPERATED IN AUSTRALIA

Authors

  • G. Esson
  • C. Patching

Keywords:

Aerodynamics, Structures, Design, Safety

Abstract

The fatigue life of gliders has not been a concern of operators until recent times, mainly because the majority of them were constructed with a basic structure of wood, and both experience and calculationr have shown that the fatigue life exceeds any likely period of intensive use. The high utilization of gliders in Australia, compared with that in other countries, when coupled with safe fatigue lives of about 3000 hours results in glider replacement time s of less tjhat 3 years for many operators.

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (1981)

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