04.1 - Aerospace Grade Materials, Structural Analysis, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance
TOWARDS VIRTUAL FATIGUE TESTING: DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR METALLIC AND COMPOSITES AEROSTRUCTURES
I. Rivero¹, A. Palomar¹, N. Martin¹, M. Lozano¹, J. Romero¹, B. De Nicolas¹, M. Rebollo¹, J. Gomez-Escalonilla¹; ¹Airbus, Spain
An overview of the latest developments carried out at Airbus for Military Aircraft programs towards virtual fatigue testing will be presented emphasizing the most relevant specific needs in terms of virtual fatigue testing technology for both metallic and composite structures, and also an identification of the main developments to be addressed for virtual fatigue testing effective implementation.