New challenges and technologies related to aircrafts’ battle damages

Abstract

The authors of the article present the idea of the maintenance of aircrafts’ battle damages. The aim of the paper is to discuss the issue of the field maintenance of aircrafts. The process of evaluating damages and recommendations regarding verification of airframe structure elements and its equipment damaged by an enemy’s impact has been addressed. The paper demonstrates the changes in dealing with the issue of battle damages of aircrafts, which have occurred over the period of several decades. The new challenges faced by personnel servicing the modern aviation constructions in a contemporary battlefield have been subjected to the evaluation. Concepts regarding the new maintenance methods of an airframe construction of military aircrafts have been outlined.

Vibroacoustic analysis in the assessment of the technical condition of the aircraft airframe composite elements

“…It is designed to fight air as well as ground targets. F-16 has a stressed skin (semi-monocoque) airframe design, mostly made from aluminum alloys with steel, titanium, composite and glass fiber elements [16].…”

The effect of the heat treatment on the crosslinking of epoxy resin for aviation applications

“…Currently, the composites based on epoxy resin are regarded as most important material used in aviation, for structural elements [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9], including aircraft skin [10,11]. In order to meet increasing expectations, more and more research is being conducted to modify the properties of the resin by adding fillers [12][13][14][15][16], including the increasingly popular nanofillers [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”