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This paper presents a brief review of the Damage Tolerance Requirements (DTR) for civil aircraft, and of their impact and significance for both newly developed and ageing aircraft. Some improvements to the DTR are suggested. In principle, fracture control of aircraft is ensured by non-destructive inspection, although destructive inspection has been suggested for certain ageing aircraft, as will be discussed briefly as well.
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Broek, D. (1991). The Civil Damage Tolerance Requirements in Theory and Practice. In: Atluri, S.N., Sampath, S.G., Tong, P. (eds) Structural Integrity of Aging Airplanes. Springer Series in Computational Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84364-8_5
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