DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE FAN COWL DUE TO

SUDDEN PRESSURE INCREASE

ANALIZA DYNAMIKI KOMPOZYTOWEJ OBUDOWY SILNIKA
LOTNICZEGO POD DZIAANIEM IMPULSU CINIENIA.
DIPLOMA THESIS
Praca dyplomowa
Masters
ABSTRACT:
There may be a revolution underway in commercial plane production nowadays and it may
be summed up in a single word: composites. To mitigate weight increases, aero engine
manufacturers have replaced metal with composites. More than half of the total composite
volume was directly associated with nacelle components, such as thrust reversers, acoustic
liners, cascades, blocker doors, radial drive fairings and cowlings. Since composite material
properties are often designed to be orthotropic or anisotropic, it is important to understand
their behaviour, without which the designs may not perform as expected.
The aim of this thesis is to have an overview of composite materials and the potential of FEM
tool MSC Nastran/ Patran and its capabilities to solve the composite ply laminates related
problems which includes the linear static analysis of the model and to examine the behaviour
of the material. Along with this we will understand the concept of failure indices, considering
the theoretical approach obtained from text books and other research papers as reference, But
the Main goal of the exercise is to perform in MSC. Patran/Nastran package the linear static
analysis, Normal Modes and Direct Transient Response of the model of the Engine Fan Cowl
and to examine the behaviour of the material in this paper we will learn about the Dynamic
response of cowl due to sudden pressure increase. Materials used: Aluminium, Composite.
The investigated laminated composite structure is constituted from Carbon Epoxy and core
material. From the failure index test, Composite Fan Cowl structure has the maximum failure
indices of the ply is 0.113 that means it is less than 1, hence the structure is completely in
safe zone.

Manoj Gowdar Ramakrishna

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