Design Loads for Future Aircraft (Les Charges de Calcul Pour de Futurs Aeronefs)

Abstract

This RTO Task Group reviewed the requirements which regular flight and maneuvering will put as design loads on the structure of future NATO aircraft, addressing also safety aspects, structural weight, elastic effects and influence of the control system. Treated are: load critical flight maneuvers as well as external loads such as induced by turbulence. Existing specifications are reviewed and procedures for establishing design loads are presented. Metal and composite structures are treated, and the analysis pertains to main structures as well as critical subassemblies. Under operational aspects the monitoring of loads and of structural fatigue are treated and some actual failure cases are analysed. The request for NATO agreements on relevant design criteria is mentioned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402513

Entities

Organizations

  • NATO Science and Technology Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aging (Materials)
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design