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Stress analysis of door and window of a passenger aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

V. G. Ukadgaonker ,
P. J. Awasare  and
S. V. Gade
V. G. Ukadgaonker
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
P. J. Awasare
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
S. V. Gade
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
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Abstract

The stresses around the passenger door, emergency door and window of an aircraft, Airbus A300B, are considered in this paper. By idealising these opening as rectangular holes with rounded corners in an infinite plate subjected to inplane loads and considering the presence of adjacent holes the stresses are determined using the complex variable method along with Schwarz Alternating Method. The results of the analytical solution are found to be in good agreement with those of the finite element analysis using ANSYS 5.0 software within 5%.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 104 , Issue 1039 , September 2000 , pp. 409 - 414
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1979 

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