Durability and Damage Tolerance Concepts for Aging Aircraft Structures

Instructor(s)

Description

Design, analysis and testing fundamentals are used as an introduction to the effects of fatigue, accidental and corrosion damage on the durability and damage tolerance of aircraft structure. Emphasis is placed on current programs used to assure continuing airworthiness of aging aircraft structure. Principle topics are centered on commercial jet transport aircraft, but fundamentals are applicable to all types of aircraft.

Target Audience

Designed for managers, engineers, maintenance and regulatory personnel in the aircraft industry who are involved in the evaluation, certification, regulation and maintenance of aging aircraft structure.

Class Time

Class time: Class time: 19 hours

Course Outline

Day One

Introduction: background to current aging airplane programs
Design objectives: safety, economics and responsibilities
Damage sources: environmental deterioration, accidental and fatigue damage
Evaluation: loads, stresses, detail design, analysis and testing

Day Two

Manufacture: processes and assembly
Certification: fatigue and damage tolerance
Maintenance: inherent characteristics and operator responsibilities
Aging airplane programs: introduction, modifications, repairs, corrosion prevention and control, fatigue and widespread cracking, structural maintenance program guidelines

Day Three

Aging airplane programs: introduction, modifications, repairs, corrosion prevention and control, fatigue and widespread cracking, structural maintenance program guidelines (continued)
Future airplanes: design and analysis, MSG-3-Revision 2
Open discussion

Comments from Past Participants

"This course provided a toolbox of engineering, manufacturing, and maintenance concepts which, when applied together, provide the foundation of an aging aircraft program anyone can develop." —Tom Wilson, Naval Systems Air Command

How You May Benefit

Obtain a better understanding of basic aging airplane programs including:

Modifications
Repairs
Corrosion prevention control
Fatigue (SSID/DTR)
Widespread fatigue cracking

Obtain a better understanding of the potential effects of airplane aging on structural maintenance

Learn about:

Applicable design
Evaluation
Testing
Manufacturing
Certification procedures
Maintenance procedures developed and used by operators and airplane manufacturers

Dates and Locations

This course is available for on-site presentation.
Please contact Soma Chakrabarti at 785-864-7855
or aerosite@ku.edu
for more information.

For Course Information

Contact Kim Hunsinger
at 785-864-4758
or use the button below:

On-Site Course Information

Find out how courses
can be tailored to
your company’s needs.
Contact Soma Chakrabarti
at 785-864-7855
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Registration Information

Mail
Aerospace Short Courses
The University of Kansas
Continuing Education
Registrations
1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1625

Phone
Toll-free 877-404-5823
or 785-864-5823
Fax
785-864-4871
TDD
800-766-3777
E-mail
kuce@ku.edu