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Damage Tolerance of Metallic Aircraft Structures

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Readers of this book will have previous knowledge of fracture mechanics, and as such no effort will be made to delve here into fundamental concepts.

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    English translation in 2011: D. Gross, T. Seelig, ‘Fracture Mechanics: with an Introduction to Micromechanics’, Springer, 2011.

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    English translation in 2016: H. A. Richard, M. Sander, ‘Fatigue Crack Growth: Detect—Assess—Avoid’, Springer, 2016.

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    English version in 2016: J. T. P. de Castro, M. A. Meggiolaro, ‘Fatigue Design Techniques’, 3 vols., CreateSpace, 2016.

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Tavares, S.M.O., de Castro, P.M.S.T. (2019). Fatigue Crack Growth. In: Damage Tolerance of Metallic Aircraft Structures. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70190-5_3

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