Denel Aerostructures Engineering team has a long track record in the full development and certification of complex metallic and composite structures, for international military- and commercial markets, of rotary and fixed wing products. It uses best industry norm software and tools and holds a full range of world class engineering capabilities in the following areas and sub-disciplines: Resources
- Core team of 55
- Aerospace specific experience: Total collective > 870 years. Average ~ 19 years
- 18 graduates (7 post-graduate)
- 11 Technical diplomas
- 19 Other (CMII, PM etc)
- Average age 43
Software
MSC Nastran | | Catia V5 | MSC Patran | | Catia V4 | MCS Marc | | ESDU | Mathcad | | Dytran | MATLAB | | iSight | CPD (Composite Part Design) | | Airbus tools (ISSY, SAMTECH tools etc) | In-house developed tools (DCU etc) | | |
Structural Test Laboratory
- Material testing to International Specifications
- Coupon, element, detail, sub- component and component level testing
- Static and fatigue testing
- Ground vibration testing
- Impact testing (Bird strike, hail, debris etc.)
- Environmental conditioning
Configuration Management
- Processes aligned to ISO 10007 & customer requirements
- Processes aligned to CMII
- Primes (Windchill) used for EBOM management
- eBrowser (eB) used for documentation management
- Q-Muzik ERP used for MBOM management
Design Office
- Full conceptual design, definition and development
- Metallic and composite structures
- Digital mock-up (DMU)integration, e.g. Airbus A400M
Structural Analysis
- Classical & numerical methods
- Linear and non-linear finite element analysis
- Metallic and Composite Materials
- Static & dynamic analysis
- Durability and damage tolerance analysis
- Aero-elastic analysis (flutter & divergence)
- Loads analysis
- Weights engineering
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