26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-7.4.5

EFFECTS OF SUSPENSION WEIGHT ON FIGHTER FATIGUE DAMAGE

Z. Chen, Q. Zhu, J. Xue
BARC, China

Keywords: aircraft life, life monitoring, suspension weight, load history, fatigue damage

Variation of suspension weights is investigated through surveying actual Flight Parameter Recorder data. Results showed that the actual fatigue damages were about 20% lighter than the design assumption. It is important to calculate fatigue damage based on actual suspension weight for each flight in order to accumulate fatigue damage correctly.

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