In order to ensure structural integrity, Urban/Advanced Air Mobility (UAM/AAM) vehicle manufacturers are required to perform fatigue and damage tolerance (F&DT) studies across design, manufacturing, and in-service stages. We presented a paper at AIAA AVIATION 2022​​​​​​​ and proposed efficient approach to use Engineering Templates on 3DEXPERIENCE platform to model pre-existing delamination defect in an existing structure to analyze effect of defect on its performance. Damage tolerance analysis done in this way helps in quickly evaluating acceptable composite defect type and size and easily shares modelling expertise among all users.

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