ATA 06- Airframe Structures General Concepts Flashcards
Is a vertical plane at a right angle to the body centerline?
Body Station
Are vertical planes parallel to the body centerline plane?
Body Buttock Line
Are horizontal planes at a right angle to the body stations and the body buttock lines?
Body Waterlines
On Boeing 747, what is the distance of Body waterline 0 from the lower fuselage?
91 inches
On Airbus 320, what is the distance for the Fuselage Datum which is the point zero on the Z axis?
240 milllimeters above the floor beams
On Airbus 320, what is the distance value for the Station Zero on X axis?
2540 millimeters in front of the nose
Aircraft Zoning
100- Lower fuselage,
200 - Upper Fuselage,
300 - Empennage,
400 - powerplant
500 - Left Wing,
600 -Right Wing,
700- Landing Gear,
800- Doors
Aircraft Zoning is divided into three groups
1st Digit - Major Zones,
2nd Digit - Sub-Major Zones,
3rd Digit - Zones
How are the zones numbered?
Usually numbered from Forward to Aft, Inboard to Outboard, and Bottom to Top
If more subdivisions of a zone are necessary to identify doors and panels, what codes do we use?
We use Letters after the Zone numbers.
First Letter is the position of panels or doors from Forward to Aft, Inboard to Outboard, and Bottom to Top.
Second Letter is the orientation ofpanels or doors if it is in the left or right side
What are the main structural units of aircraft?
Fuselage, Wings, Stabilizers, Flight Control Surfaces, Landing Gears
What are the 5 Major type of stress?
Tension, Compression, Torsion, Shear,
Bending
What structures contributes significantly to carrying flight, ground, and pressurization loads?
Primary Structures
What design concept method relies upon a duplication of certain structural members to ensure that if one member fails, the other would assume the load of the failed member?
Fail Safe
This design principle requires that major
structural elements are replaced after a fixed number of flight cycles, these parts cannot be repaired or refurbished to extend the components life?
Safe Life