An Engineer'S Viewpoint on Design and Analysis of Aircraft Structural Joints
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
- Vol. 209 (2), 105-129
- https://doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1995_209_278_02
Abstract
The design of structurally efficient joints in aircraft fuselage structures and wing skin splices is addressed. It is contended that the joints should be designed first and the gaps in between filled in afterwards, taking pains not to optimize the basic structure first and then discover that it either cannot be assembled or that, when it is assembled, it is full of weak-link fuses. Both adhesively bonded and mechanically fastened joints are covered. Analogies are drawn between the characteristics of both classes of joints. The aspects of static joint strength and fatigue lives are included. The work is applicable to metallic as well as composite structures, and covers both high-load wing joints which have already been tested and new ideas for fuselage splices which have not. The effects of flaws and defects are associated with the need for damage tolerance, particularly in fuselage structures.Keywords
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