aerospace
Aerospace
Substantiation of metallic and composite aircraft primary structure — GFEM-driven sizing, fatigue and damage-tolerance assessment, certification stress reporting.
2025 — Present
Fighter Jet — Method & Tool Development
Codifying Durability & Damage Tolerance methodology into validated, automated engineering software for the fighter-jet programme. The methods that analysts run by hand are turned into repeatable tools — accelerated with machine learning and LLM-assisted development.
- Python
- pyNastran
- Machine Learning
- DaDT Methods
- Automation
2021 — Present
Fighter Jet — Durability & Damage Tolerance
DaDT substantiation of primary metallic and composite airframe structure on a next-generation fighter. Analysis chain runs from GFEM internal-load extraction through detailed sub-models to fatigue and crack-growth assessment, correlated against coupon and element-level test data.
- DaDT
- GFEM
- MSC Nastran
- Slow Crack Growth
- Composites
2018 — 2019
Hürkuş Trainer — Certification Stress Analysis
Static, fatigue and stability substantiation of metallic and composite structures on the EASA CS-23 Hürkuş trainer. Owned forward-fuselage certification analysis on the B variant and rudder weight-reduction sizing on the C variant, from FE build through reserve-factor reporting.
- EASA CS-23
- MSC Nastran
- Patran
- Composites
- Certification
2017 — 2018
Landing Gear — Preliminary Stress Sizing
Preliminary FE model and initial stress sizing of a landing-gear assembly during pre-PDR layout. Captured ground-load distribution, pin/lug load transfer and design-driver identification ahead of detail design.
- Landing Gear
- MSC Nastran
- Hand Calcs
- Preliminary Sizing
2019 — 2020
e-VTOL — Conceptual Structural Sizing
Conceptual structural sizing of an e-VTOL military cargo platform: load-path layout, primary-mass estimation and material down-selection feeding the platform feasibility gate.
- e-VTOL
- Conceptual Design
- Trade Studies