Fatigue and Damage Tolerance stress Consultant

Job Description

• Candidate Should have good hand‑on work experience in Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Analysis of Airframe Structural Analysis for Airbus Methods
• Candidate should have in depth knowledge of Fatigue Design Philosophies
• Knowledge and experience in Structural Failure and Fatigue Failure Characteristics
• Aware of various types of fatigue, Fatigue assessment Principles and Methods
• Calculate Fatigue Analysis of Metallic and Fastener parts using AFI method.
• Composite Fatigue Analysis experience
• Candidate should have experience in Damage Tolerance Analysis and Crack Propagation using different NASGRO models
• Identification of PSE (Principal Structural Elements)
• Calculate Stress Concentration Factor (Kt). Wide spread fatigue damage factor, effect in fatigue due to size, material, joints, machining quality, technology process, etc.
• Fatigue Index Calculation (AFI)
• Fatigue Equivalent Stress Calculation and extraction of Reference Stresses (1D and 2D Spectrum)
• Fatigue Spectrum Analysis for various mission and Damage Stimulation Analysis
• Fatigue Life Estimation and Damage Tolerance Analysis
• Damage Tolerance Analysis for SLP (Single Load Path), MLP (Multiple Load Path), and DCF (Damage Contaminant Feature) structures
• Initial Crack definition and determination of Critical Crack Length for Airworthiness Limitation Item, Threshold and Inspection Interval
• Low Life Mitigation, various low life mitigation techniques based on OEM process
• Preparation of Fatigue and Damage Tolerance Analysis Documentation like ACD/ACS/DSD, SCNs and Stress Dossiers

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Fatigue Design Guidelines, Principles and Methods
• Fatigue Life Calculation
• Crack Propagation Analysis / Damage Tolerance Analysis
• Aware of DT calculation in several different stages such as corner crack, through crack, etc.
• Fatigue Criteria for Crack Propagation Analysis to determine the critical crack length
• Awareness and knowledge about the Inspection Techniques for Crack Propagation Analysis
• Detectable Crack Length Determination
• FEA Experience using HYPERMESH, NASTRAN and PATRAN
• Bi‑lingual (French and English)
• BE / BTECH / MTECH / MS or equivalent degree (Aerospace / Mechanical Engineering)
• Years of hands‑on experience in aerospace structural stress analysis
• Proven experience working on Airbus aircraft programs (A320, A330, A350, A380, etc.)

Tools

NASGRO, MSC NASTRAN, PATRAN, HYPERMESH, Airbus ISAMI FDT Tools (1DBJ, 2DBJ, 3DBJ, FASTPPH, CFA); Basic knowledge of CATIA V5, Microsoft Excel, Word, PPT

Personal Attributes

• High analytical skills
• A high degree of initiative and flexibility
• High customer orientation
• High quality awareness
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English and French)

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