White Paper on Improving Damage and Repair Evaluation using Structural Data Visualization and Archival Techniques

Study on how the implementation of modern technologies were applied to the maintenance of the composite and metallic airframe components of the F/A-18 and E/A-18G Hornet, Super Hornet, and Growler platforms to increase engineering efficiency in an effort to maintain structural integrity of an aging fleet while minimizing excessive engineering workload and improving overall efficiency of an engineering organization. Paredes – Improving Damage And Repair Evaluation Using Structural Data Visualization And Archival Techniques.

"NLign provides the majority of the information needed to perform and search for previous analysis reports, legacy stress reports, test and teardown information and known issues with our FE models. Utilizing NLign helped reduce the amount of time to find this data by 83%."

— Luke Bracken, Mechanical Engineer, T-38 Structural Integrity and Analysis

"The procedure took about eight to ten hours before engineers could begin to analyze damage extent and repair options. Now, fleet maintainers will be able to simply take a digital picture of the damages and send them directly to the engineers who can begin working on the repair analysis."

— Naval Air Systems Command

"Damage and repair details will now be model-based. Saving this data in a 3D environment as opposed to papers, files and PDFs will make us more efficient."

— Chris Root, Advanced Aircraft Technology Team Lead Naval Air Systems Command

"Later in the lifecycle, the focus is on production, delivery and sustainment of the end item. The goal is to continually evolve the digital representation alongside the end item, gaining continuous insight and knowledge from the operational environment."

— Department of Defense, Digital Engineering Strategy

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