As the US Air Force shifts focus to fighting contested airspace, the B-1B Lancer’s average stealth features make it less ...

After decades of service, the Air Force feels that the B-1B has finally reached its last legs. Many B-1B aircraft have suffered from severe structural fatigue, particularly at the wing pivot points.

"The structural fatigue was caused by operational temperatures that exceeded the expected and analyzed values of the nozzle material," Blue Origin wrote in an update on Friday.

Corrosion in metals can lead to the structural fatigue or failure of bridges, pipelines, and plane fuselages. Anti-corrosion coatings help prevent this, but they become ineffective when pierced ...

A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed during an uncrewed Sept. 12 launch due to structural fatigue on the engine nozzle about 1 min. after liftoff, the company said March 24.

The Joint Council on Aging Aircraft (JCAA) is establishing a new steering group to address the issue of structural fatigue, according to JCAA Chairman Bob Ernst of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

Study: Structural brain changes in patients with post-COVID fatigue: a prospective observational study. Image Credit: Fabio Principe/Shutterstock Background Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is defined as ...

Fatigue crack growth represents a critical challenge in the performance and safety of structural materials. Under cyclic loading, microscopic flaws can develop into dominant cracks through a ...

The project hopes to achieve the Army sustainment goal, for example, zero-maintenance, by containing or eliminating aircraft structural fatigue using the VRAMS Intelligent State Awareness System.

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