The development of fatigue damage within an aircraft structure is a safety concern particularly within older airframes. The accuracy of the fatigue analysis is determined by the accuracy of the internal load distribution and stresses arising from the same. The use of Non Linear Finite Element Analysis (NLFEA) techniques now allows for the accurate determination […]

Cabot Design’s engineers have produced methods to allow aircraft galley certification purely by analysis. Historically, the aircraft interiors industry has used extensive large scale testing to validate and certify galleys. With the high demands on customisation and tight timescales, this approach has become unfeasible. Cabot has developed a suite of methods that will allow galley […]

Flight test validation data needed for certification had been recorded and supplied to our customer as 200 million data records across fifty reference points. Previous attempts to manage and process the data by the customer had failed, resulting in numerous spreadsheets that could not be opened. Cabot Design were given the task of certifying the […]

High aircraft build rates and customised interiors create a new challenge for suppliers to Airbus’ new-generation A350 XWB aircraft. The requirement for high quality certification reports with accurate supporting analysis has driven a need to think differently. Using tools and processes developed by Cabot Design, stress analysis and associated certification report generation time has been reduced […]