Airworthiness Requirements Flashcards
1
Q
What is a principle structural element (PSE)?
A
A part of the aircraft that contributes significantly to carrying flight,ground or cabin pressurisation loads and is critical to maintaining aircraft’s structural integrity
2
Q
What are some examples of PSE’s?
A
-wings
-horizontal stabiliser
-vertical stabiliser
-canard
-forward wing
-winglets/tip fins
3
Q
How are flight loads used?
A
Used with safety allowance to create strength requirements
4
Q
What are the two types of flight loads considered and what are they?
A
Flight limit loads (maximum loads expected in flight)
Ultimate limit loads (Flight limit loads multiplied by a factor of safety)
5
Q
What are the 5 acting stresses?
A
-tension
-compression
-torsion
-shear
-bending
