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Fatigue Crack Growth in Stiffened Panels, Integrally Machined or Welded (LBW or FSW): the DaToN Project Common Testing Program

A. Lanciotti, L. Lazzeri¹, C. Polese², C. Rodopoulos³, P. Moreira^4,5, A. Brot⁶, G. Wang⁷, L. Velterop⁸, G. Biallas⁹, J. Klement

1 Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy (Pisa).
2 Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. (Now with School of Mechan-ical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa).
3 Materials Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, UK (SHU). (Now with Department ofMechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece).
4 Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Universidade do Porto, Portugal. (IDMEC).
5 Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel. (IAI).
6 Swedish Defense Research Agency, Sweden. (FOI).
7 Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium, The Netherlands. (NLR).
8 German Aerospace Center, Cologne, Germany. (DLR).
9 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. (Brno).