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FEA Investigation
Analysis Summary
Solidworks FEA confirmed that the deformation is consistent with a 2-bolt load application.
To perform this analysis, we performed a static load analysis on the Avionics Bulkhead modeled in CAD as of November 16, 2017. Some notable limitations of this analysis are:
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As the following figure shows (in particular, pay attention to the red arrows indicating yield stress vs. stress experienced by the material), the bulkhead saw serious material exceedance.
Additionally, the d
the deformation shape shown is consistent with a 2-bolt load application (note: the magnitude of deformation shown in Solidworks is generally exaggerated from simulation results for viewing purposes, though it happens to look fairly realistic here).