%0 conference paper %@ %A Groth, A., Horstmann, M., Kashaev, N., Huber, N. %D 2015 %J ICAF 2015 Structural Integrity: Embracing the future – respecting the past; supporting aging fleets with newtechnologies - Proceedings of the 34th Conference and the 28th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue and Structural Integrity %P 477-482 %T Retardation of fatigue crack growth in thin AA2024 sheets by laser heating %U %X specimen results in an increase in fatigue lifetime of 10% in comparison to the base material. Each additional line further increases the number of load cycles until failure. Finally, with four lines on each side, a gain of approximately 425% in load cycles was reached.