Climatic and mechanical environments in aeronautics

Objectives

• Identify and understand climatic, vibration and shock phenomena, and the related RTCA DO 160 requirements.
• Assess and anticipate the stresses to which equipment is subjected during qualification and throughout its life cycle.
• Understand, specify and implement RTCA DO 160 climatic and mechanical tests

Who should attend

Aeronautical engineers and technicians in charge of the design, integration and/or complete qualification on-board equipment on aircraft. Engineers and technicians involved in climatic and mechanical testing in the aeronautical field.

Prerequisites

Hold engineering or technical degree (or equivalent) in the fields of vibration/mechanics/structure.

Technical and teaching resources

Presentation aids for lectures, case, demonstration models, test equipment for practical training courses

Sanction of training

Certificate of completion

Methods of assessment

QUIZ evaluation questionnaire

Presentation

This course provides a global vision of the RTCA DO 160 standard, climatic and mechanical sections, enabling the management of the various phases of the process.

qualification of aeronautical equipment, from drawing up the qualification plan through testing to delivery of a test report. Benefiting from the proximity of the laboratory, each environment will be illustrated by full-scale experiments, presentations during educational visits to the laboratory or pictorial demonstrations in the classroom, enabling direct confrontation with the problem for better understanding.

Program

1    -    Getting to grips with the fundamentals

• Getting to know RTCA DO 160
• Understanding different climatic and mechanical stresses
• Know the assumptions, terminology and generic instructions
• Develop a critical eye by opening up other standards

2    -    Familiarize yourself with the documents needed to carry out a qualification

• Drawing up a qualification plan (QTP) and the tools needed to
• Drafting a qualification report (QTR)

3    -    Implement tests in sections dealing with climatic and mechanical environments (4 to 14 and 24, 25)

• Identify the parameters that ensure compliance of test implementation
• Distinguish between the quantities to be measured and the associated instrumentation (temperature, humidity, conductivity, pressure, vibration, constant acceleration, etc.).
• Choosing the right test equipment and peripheral tools
• Test preparation
• Exploit and synthesize dimensional test data

4    -    Apply to a concrete case