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FEA Validation Requiremnents and Methods Final - NAFEMS Wichita
FEA Validation Requiremnents and Methods Final - NAFEMS Wichita
FEA Validation Requiremnents and Methods Final - NAFEMS Wichita
November 8, 2017
Wichita, Kansas
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– Example of an antenna
installation load transfer
study
• Doubler ends at the
critical row of the lap
splice (0.071” thick
doubler ends on 0.04”
thick skin lap joint!)
Wrong Sign
Wrong Sign
+/-10% Band
(acceptable)
20000
15000
10000 T
5000
0
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16
Displacement (in)
Finite Element Analysis Validation Requirements and Methods 67
Validation of FEA by Test
• Max. Principal Stress vs. Displacement of the
Linear and Nonlinear Solutions:
160000
140000
T + B
120000
B
100000
Stress (Psi)
80000
60000 Nonlinear
40000 Solutions Linear
Solution
20000
0
T
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
Displacement (in)
Finite Element Analysis Validation Requirements and Methods 68
Validation of FEA by Test
• Case Study 2: Floor Beam Buckling Analysis
– Buckling and beam web fixity analyses are validated
by comparison to test results by a margin of 2%
Linear Nonlinear
Mid-plane Maximum
Stress= Stress=
13.7 Ksi 17.9 Ksi
Center of Cutout
Acceptable for
‘Classical’ Comparison
Finite Element Analysis Validation Requirements and Methods 83
Validation of FEA by Classical Soln
• FEA versus Classical Solutions- Fuselage with
large cutouts (cont.)
– Classical analysis assumed pure moment at a
cross-section.
– Best comparison was achieved when FE model
was loaded with an applied moment, thereby
eliminating secondary shear and moment effects
encountered using other loading methods.
Element types and meshing techniques may be different for the VCCT and CTOD
Close correlation
with the acceptable
numerical results
actual data
growth life
Actual crack
findings
Flight Cycles
Finite Element Analysis Validation Requirements and Methods 92
Summary - Finite Element
Modeling and Analysis Validation
• In addition to good engineering practices, FAA FARs,
Order and issue paper require and discuss validation
requirements
• FEA is an efficient analytical tool that can be used
extensively after validation, substantiation and
verification of the approaches and the results
• FEA results must be documented and controlled
• Validation of FEA begins in the onset of the modeling
• Validation of FEA must be a part of Certification Plan
• Discussion of Means of Validation
– Case studies
Deflection
= 0.2837”
Deflection
= 0.2966”
Max=14.890 Ksi
Element 11
Element 21
Deflection
= 0.4013”
Shell element
used is based on
Kirchhoff plate
theory that is
suitable for
modeling thin
plates
Deflection
= 0.2843”
Max=14.077 Ksi
Deflection
= 0.2942”
Max=16.96 Ksi
stanchion ‐5.0000E‐02
Thin Beam
‐1.0000E‐01
DY ‐ Thin
DY ‐ Thick
‐1.5000E‐01
‐2.0000E‐01
‐2.5000E‐01
Shear Beam
‐3.0000E‐01
1.000E+03
Thin
Beam
5.000E+02
FY ‐ Thin
0.000E+00
FY ‐ Thick
0 50 100 150 200 250
‐5.000E+02
Shear
‐1.000E+03
Beam
‐1.500E+03
Shear
2.00E+04
1.00E+04
Beam
MZ ‐ Thin
0.00E+00
MZ ‐ Thick
0 50 100 150 200 250
‐1.00E+04
Thin
Beam
‐2.00E+04
‐3.00E+04
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