Engineering analysis is a core capability within Portsmouth Aviation’s Technical Services, underpinning our design, certification, manufacturing, and in-service support activities. Our extensive expertise ensures that every project meets rigorous standards, whether for defence, industrial, or commercial applications.
Portsmouth Aviation provides high quality engineering analysis at every stage of the design process, enabling conformance to customer requirements, and technical specifications and design standards, such as Defence Standard 07-085. Our capabilities include:
- Structural loads definition and critical loading assessments.
- Material selection recommendations to optimise, strength, stiffness and durability.
- Analytical calculations, including detailed stress analysis, and technical reports.
- Advanced computational techniques, including Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using Ansys Mechanical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) using Ansys Fluent.
- From linear static structural to non-linear transient solutions.
- Linear dynamics, including modal and vibration analysis.
- Fatigue analysis for both low and high cycle loading environments.
- Impact and shock analysis, ranging from low-speed shock to blast loading.
- Fluid flow simulation, from low-speed porous media flow to supersonic gas mixtures flow.
- Heat transfer analysis, including environmental heating of structures.
- Peer review and verification of external analysis reports to ensure reliability and compliance.
Our Engineering Analysis team supports the development and qualification of products through robust testing methodologies, including:
- Static strength testing, with in-house strain gauge installation and data acquisition capabilities.
- Environmental testing for vibration, shock, impact, and climatic conditions.
- Development of test specifications for structural, environmental, and wind tunnel testing.
Portsmouth Aviation’s Engineering Analysis team plays a critical role in manufacturing, ensuring smooth integration and optimisation of production processes. Key activities include:
- Defining production proof test loads for verification of build quality.
- Stress approval of concession applications.
Structural assessment of engineering change requests, both supporting design improvements to enhance efficiency and facilitating production easements to overcome manufacturing challenges.
We extend our engineering expertise to support products throughout their operational lifecycle, offering solutions for emerging structural issues and ensuring continued reliability:
- Structural input to in-service repairs and updates to operating manuals.
- Reassessment of fatigue life for in-service components to extend usability.
- Resolution of structural issues encountered during service.
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