Fatigue life of a carbon fiber composite T-joint under a standard fighter aircraft spectrum load sequence

The carbon fiber/epoxy composite (CFC) T-joints were fabricated and tested to determine their fatigue life under a standard fighter aircraft spectrum load sequence, mini-FALSTAFF with various reference loads. Further, the fatigue life of T-joint subjected to the same spectrum load sequence was predicted. For this purpose, the static pull-out (tension) and push-in (compression) tests were conducted on T-joints. Then, the constant amplitude...