An efficient global loads specification process for the design of business aircraft structures at Dassault Aviation

Abstract

Title: An efficient global loads specification process for the design of business jet structures at Dassault Aviation. Author: E. Garrigues - Dassault Aviation - St Cloud - France Abstract: This paper proposes a description of the process of elaboration of global structural loads as it is practiced today at Dassault Aviation for the design of new business jet aircraft. It focuses on the recent advances that makes this process efficient and effective in the current industrial context. The governing principles and key ideas will be drawn from some industrial cases of application in the business jet domain. The conclusion will give some possible directions for future developments in the field of structural load specification. Bio author: Eric Garrigues has been a professional engineer at Dassault Aviation since 1988. He is currently Head of the Loads and Stress Department in the Aerostructure Division of Dassaul Aviation. This Department covers structural sizing, strength analysis and certification, flight and ground loads computations, flutter, vibrations and interior vibro-acoustic analyses. Eric Garrigues participated in several projects on military (RAFALE, nEUROn) and business jet aircraft (FALCON 7X, FALCON 8X, FALCON 6X and 10X) and is currently Certification Verification Expert for the certification process of those aircraft in the domain of Loads and Flutter. Eric Garrigues is additionally senior expert of the Structural Commission of the “Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF)” and is also a member in the International Technical Committee of the “International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics (IFASD)”.