Analysis of Typical Aircraft Wing Structure

By

M.B.AmarNath

10001D3413
M.Tech ( Product Design)

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Prof. B. UMA MAHESWAR GOWD

Prof. of Mech Engg & Rector
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Anantapur

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING JNTUA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

CAD MODEL OF AIRCRAFT WING STRUCTURE

STATUS OF WORK
F E Modeling of the Aircraft wing Assembly is performed by using HYPER MESH Software.
The Element Type is considered for the Analysis is PSHELL (First Order Element). Applications of Boundary Conditions and Loads is performed by using HYPER MESH.

Materials Considered For the Analysis

COMPOSITE MATERIAL (CARBON EPOXY FIBER MATERIALS) High-performance aircraft require an extra high strength-toweight ratio material. Fabrication of composite materials satisfies this special requirement. Composite materials are constructed by using several layers of bonding materials (graphite epoxy or boron epoxy). These materials are mechanically fastened to conventional substructures. Another type of composite construction consists of thin graphite epoxy skins bonded to an aluminum honeycomb core. Carbon fiber is extremely strong, thin fiber made by heating synthetic fibers, such as rayon, until charred, and then layering in cross sections.

Carbon fiber fabric epoxy prepregs properties

Density (gr/mm^3) E longitudinal (MPa) 1560 62000 F2c F6 -750 96

E transverse (MPa)

62000

Compression after impact

-4000

Git(MPa)

4430

Tension after impact

4500

v (Poisson coeff.) F1t F2t

0.05 800 800

Shear after impact F1c

8000 -750

ALUMINIUM
Aluminium is a silvery white member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol al and its atomic number is 13. It makes up about 8% by weight of the earth's solid surface. Aluminium is too reactive chemically to occur in nature as a free metal. Instead, it is found combined in over 270 different minerals. The chief source of aluminum is bauxite ore. Aluminium is remarkable for the metal's low density and for its ability to resist corrosion due to the phenomenon of passivation. Structural components made from aluminum and its alloys are vital to the aerospace industry and are very important in other areas of transportation and building.

Material Name

Youngs Modulus, E , in MPa

Poissons ratio, In

Density, , in

Aluminum

71016

0.33

2823

Aluminum properties

Software details
Application of hypermesh software
Altair HyperMesh is a high-performance finite-element pre-processor for popular finite-element solvers. It allows engineers to analyze product design performance in a highly interactive and visual environment. HyperMeshs user interface is easy to learn and supports a number of CAD geometry and finite-element model file formats, thereby increasing interoperability and efficiency. Advanced functionality within Hypermesh allows users to efficiently manipulate geometry and mesh highly complex models. These functionalities include extensive meshing and model control, morphing technology to update existing meshes to new design proposals and automatic mid-surface generation for complex designs with varying wall thicknesses. Solid geometry enhances tetra-meshing and hexa-meshing by reducing interactive modeling times, while batch meshing enables large scale meshing of parts with no manual clean-up and minimal user input.

Procedure
CAD Model of wing skin dimension developed using CATIA V5

Fe Model
The IGES format of the CAD Model is imported into Hyper mesh .FE modeling of the wing skin is carried using Hyper mesh and element type for the analysis is updated in the Hyper mesh. The following Figure shows the FE Model of the wing skin created using Hyper mesh.

QUALITY PARAMETERS OF FE MODEL FOR 2D ELEMENT

WARPAGE :5

ASPECT RATIO
SKEW

:5
: 45

JACOBIAN
MIN.ANGLE FOR QUARD

: 0.6
: 45

MAX.ANGLE FOR QUARD

PERCENTAGE OF TRIAS

: 135
: 0%

FUTURE SCOPE WORK

UPDATING THE MATERIAL PROPERTIES USING PATRAN APPLICATIONS OF LOADS AND BOUNDARY CONDITION USING NASTARN SOLUTION WILL BE CARRIED USING NASTRAN EVALUATION OF DEFORMATION,STRESS AND STRAIN USING PATRAN

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