von Karman Institute Lecture Series and Events
Structural design of aircraft-engines, key-objectives and techniques
Thursday 15 May 2008 - Thursday 15 May 2008This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., phone: +32 2 359 96 04, fax: +32 2 359 96 00
Aeroengines are complex assemblies with highly solicited components. The continuous trend in weight reduction and novel engine architectures result in large structural loads. Today security margins are very small regarding, static stresses, temperatures, cyclic loads and vibration. The objective of this lecture series is to explain the main challenges of structural design from integration problems to details of component design. The lectures will present the various fields of structural engineering, the current practices and the main research areas: architecture, certification, dynamics, fatigue, material, creep,… The main constraints related to the structural problems will be explained, and how to deal with them in the multidisciplinary design of aircraft engines.
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Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium
From 13.05.2008 until 16.05.2008