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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.3.777

Evaluation of Structural Robustness of External Fuel Tank and Pylon for Military Aircraft under Random Vibration  

Kim, Hyun-Gi (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Kim, Sungchan (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.3, 2021 , pp. 777-783 More about this Journal
Abstract
Aircraft are affected by various vibrations during maneuvering. These vibrations may have a fatal effect on the survival of aircraft in some cases, so the safety of components applied to the aircraft should be proven against various vibrations through random vibration analysis. In this study, the structural robustness of an external fuel tank and pylon for military aircraft was evaluated under random vibration conditions using commercial software, MSC Random. In the random vibration analysis, a frequency response analysis was performed by imposing a unit load on the boundary condition point, and then excitation was performed with a PSD profile. In this process, the required mode data was extracted through a modal analysis method. In addition, the random vibration profile specified in the US Defense Environment Standard was applied as random vibration conditions, and the PSD profile given in units of G's was converted into units of gravitational acceleration. As a result of the numerical analysis, we evaluated the structural robustness of the external fuel tank and pylon by identifying the safety margins of beam elements, shell elements, and solid elements in a numerical model for random vibration in the x, y, and z directions.
Keywords
External Fuel Tank; MIL-T-18847; Power Spectral Density; Pylon; Random Vibration;
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