Tutorial on Repair Software

Abstract

Throughout the world military and commercial aircraft fleet are being used beyond their original design life. This is primarily due to the reduction in the budget for procurement of new systems and ever increasing cost of acquiring new aircraft. This has resulted in paying more attention to enhancing life of aircraft structures and at the same time maintaining the safety of flight. Improved life enhancement techniques and repair concept are being developed to keep maintenance cost low reduce down time of aircraft for repairs reduce inspection requirements without jeopardizing the safety of aircraft structures. To reduce the down time of aircraft for repairs and perform more reliable durability and damage tolerance analyses a number of software programs have been developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP010775

Entities

People

  • Mohan M. Ratwani

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Composite Materials
  • Computers
  • Damage Tolerance
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fuselages
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Spars
  • Strain Gages
  • Stress Intensity Factors
  • Transport Aircraft
  • User Friendly

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design