Aerospace Structures

  • Structural design/modification
  • Usage surveys
  • Maneuver and stress spectra development
  • Stress analysis
  • Damage tolerance analysis
  • Static, dynamic vibration, and fatigue testing
  • Structural condition inspection
  • Failure analysis
  • Life extension studies for aircraft and spacecraft
  • Advanced aerospace materials

SwRI engineers use NASTRAN to create a computer simulation of the T-37B jet trainer.

A full-scale structural test of the U.S. Air Force T-37B jet trainer is conducted on-site in a high bay laboratory.

For more information on materials and structures, contact Dr. Ben H. Thacker, Mechanical Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510, Phone (210) 522-3896, Fax (210) 522-6965.

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