Intern, Turkish Aerospace Industries - ITU Very Light Aircraft Project

August 2018 – August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey

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Summary: Supported primary structure sizing and validation for a very light aircraft using classical methods and FEA; contributed to aero/structures integration.

Focus areas:

• Composite structure sizing, buckling and stability checks
• Global FEM model development and validation
• Stiffener strength, crippling/local buckling (flange/web) & warping calculations
• Highly loaded stiffener check due to flexural (stiffener + effective web) & local instability (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, EASA CS-23, FAA FAR 23)

Methods/Stack:

• CAE: MSC Patran/Nastran, Ansys Workbench/Fluent
• CAD & DT: CATIA (design),
• CFD: Ansys Fluent

CATIA render of the plane.

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