Capabilities

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

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