Thesis (M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineer's Degree)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990. / Thesis Advisor: Gorman, Michael R. Second Reader: Dutta, Indranath. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 2, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Aluminum, fatigue (mechanics), cracking (fracturing), acoustic emissions, wings, fixed wing aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, flight simulation, 7075 aluminum, theses, Naval aircraft, stress waves, crack propagation, acoustic detection, fatigue life, E-2C aircraft, safety factor, mechanical properties. Author(s) subject terms: aircraft fatigue, againg aircraft, crack growth, 7075 alumiunum, spectrum loading, acoustic emission, plate waves. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71). Also available in print.