MrHiLok
Aerospace
- Mar 1, 2004
- 27
Hi,
I am trying to analyse an external repair doubler installed on the horizontal stabilizer of a large aircraft.
Corrosion damage was found on the upper skin of the horizontal stabilizer. the rear spar of the Horizontal stabilizer is attached to this section of the skin. The corroded section of the skin was trimmed out (thickness of the skin is 0.1 inch) and a filler and 0.1 inch thick doubler made of 2024-T3 was installed at the trimmed location.
In original design, on the outboard side of the trim, the upper skin is attached to the rear spar using BACR15FV6KE rivets and on the inboard side of the trim, the upper skin is attached to the rear spar using BACB30NW fasteners. There is a rib installed on the inboard side of the trim.
The repair doubler was installed using 4 rows of fasteners inboard and outboard of trim and two rows in the forward direction of the trim.
All fasteners on the repair doubler are BACB30NW8K*, except the fasteners common to the repair doubler and rear spar on the Outboard side of the trim are as per original BACR15VF^KE rivets. This is going to be a temporary repair for 20 months.
My questions are:
1. Are the fasteners inboard and outboard of the trim installed through the repair doubler, the upper skin and the rear spar in double shear or single shear?
2. How to analyse the fasteners which are installed through the filler at the trim location. There were two rows of BACR15VF6KE rivets in the original design at the trim location. A total of 6 fasteners are installed at the filler (through the external doubler, filler and the rear spar).
3. Apart from the static strength calculation to determine load capability lost due to trim and number of fasteners required to transfer the load across the trim, what other analysis should I consider? Eg torsion case? Fastener bending?
Thanking in advance.
I am trying to analyse an external repair doubler installed on the horizontal stabilizer of a large aircraft.
Corrosion damage was found on the upper skin of the horizontal stabilizer. the rear spar of the Horizontal stabilizer is attached to this section of the skin. The corroded section of the skin was trimmed out (thickness of the skin is 0.1 inch) and a filler and 0.1 inch thick doubler made of 2024-T3 was installed at the trimmed location.
In original design, on the outboard side of the trim, the upper skin is attached to the rear spar using BACR15FV6KE rivets and on the inboard side of the trim, the upper skin is attached to the rear spar using BACB30NW fasteners. There is a rib installed on the inboard side of the trim.
The repair doubler was installed using 4 rows of fasteners inboard and outboard of trim and two rows in the forward direction of the trim.
All fasteners on the repair doubler are BACB30NW8K*, except the fasteners common to the repair doubler and rear spar on the Outboard side of the trim are as per original BACR15VF^KE rivets. This is going to be a temporary repair for 20 months.
My questions are:
1. Are the fasteners inboard and outboard of the trim installed through the repair doubler, the upper skin and the rear spar in double shear or single shear?
2. How to analyse the fasteners which are installed through the filler at the trim location. There were two rows of BACR15VF6KE rivets in the original design at the trim location. A total of 6 fasteners are installed at the filler (through the external doubler, filler and the rear spar).
3. Apart from the static strength calculation to determine load capability lost due to trim and number of fasteners required to transfer the load across the trim, what other analysis should I consider? Eg torsion case? Fastener bending?
Thanking in advance.