Sean Duque
- Role
- Structural Analysis Engineer at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- Location
- San Diego, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sean Duque
Working in the Aerospace Industry for 14+ years performing static stress, fatigue, and…
Experience
Structural Analysis Engineer
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
Aug 2010 — Present
GENERAL ATOMICS Aeronautical Systems, Poway, Ca August 2010-Present Structural Analysis Engineer -Lead Full Scale Fatigue (FSF) Main Landing Gear Testing (Developed Test Requirements and Test Plans, Analyzed Test Data)-Lead Full Scale Static (FSS) Main Landing Gear Testing (Developed Test Requirements and Test Plans, Strain Predictions, Post Test Correlation)-Certified Aircraft - Testing, Stress Reports -Electron Beam Weld Static and Fatigue Testing -Aircraft Landing Gear Design and Analysis -Landing Gear Retrofits -Performed Linear Elastic, Elastic Plastic, Modal, and Fatigue analysis (block by block damage) on metallic and composite primary structures -Formulated external store/pod/composite fuel tank test plans -Composite Wing Spar Durability and Damage Tolerance Fatigue Testing -Fatigue failure root cause modal analysis -Analyzed several wing hardpoint bracket assemblies integrated with different external store configurations -Modeled/Analyzed composite wing assemblies with intricate composite laminates using Hypermesh -Analyzed and designed modifications to composite layups on major aircraft structures (spars, bulkheads, skins, ribs) to allow for cutouts due to additional system integrations-Written several formal reports/memos (Stress, Fatigue, and Modal Analysis)-Comprehensive examination of pod interface integration which included several test studies -Extensive wing hardpoint bracket analysis to determine failure in (Hardpoint Brackets, Fastener, Composite Bearing, or Bolt thread stripping) due to Tensile and Shear interaction forces-Designed a retrofit solutions for cutouts on composite parts -Ground Vibration Testing -Damage Tolerance Analysis on metallic aircraft structures -Hardpoint Ultimate Testing for wing pods and external stores (hardpoint joint assemblies)-Hardpoint Joint Adhesive Stiffness Analysis -Composite Spar Hardpoint Correlation -Airframe Integrity Analysis (Metallic and Composite)-Whiffletree design, testing, and FEM correlation
Skills
- Finite Element Analysis
- Catia
- Test Planning
- Thermodynamics
- Composites
- Cfd
- Nastran
- Pro/Mechanica
- Lean Manufacturing
- Fatigue Analysis
- Ptc Creo
- Test Fixtures
- Pro Engineer
- Labview
- Femap
- Engineering
- Cad
- Mechanical Engineering
- Autocad
- Kaizen
- Manufacturing
- Materials
- 5s
- Structural Analysis
- Solidworks
- Test Engineering
- Aerospace
- Stress Analysis
- Testing
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Six Sigma
- Gd&T
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