A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM: FASTENERS FOR FLIGHT STRESS
It is not vibration per se that is the enemy of airplanes and spacecraft. It is the stripping and loosening of bolts over the long term that does the damage to satellites, engines and avionics racks. This is a challenge being faced right now by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, which is nearing the...
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