Festigkeitstest
eines Airbus A380-800 in Dresden / fatigue test of an Airbus
A380-800 in Dresden The “IMA Materialforschung und
Anwendungstechnik GmbH” , based at the Dresden Airport, specialized in
scientific and technical services as well as as
research in the field of testing and certification of materials,
structures
and products, will start in August 2005 the Airbus A380 full scale
fatigue
test. This will be the hugest test in the history of this company,
after
smaller full scale tests with Pilatus PC12 and Airbus A340-600. At the present, the IMA has got a staff of 100
specialists. For the A380 test the company has build a new hanger
(width:50m; length: 75m; height:
32m), close to the taxiway. In september 2004, started in Hamburg, the
three fuselage sections and
the two wings, arrived Dresden after a duration of 10 days. The
absolutely
highlight was the transport, because they are to big for tranportation
by
plane or truck, the sections were loaded in Hamburg onto barges. They
shipped
the distance of 570 km over the river Elbe and crossed 42 bridges! The
barges
were reloaded at an highway-bridge, which span the river. A special 800
tons crane lifted the sections and the wings to trailers, which waited
on the
bridge. The trucks moved over the motorway to the Dresden Airport. In the next months, mechanics from Airbus
Toulouse will compose the whole aircraft. It will be the first A380,
which is completed in Germany!! |
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during
the load from the river Elbe, Reinhart Losch 24.09.2004 |
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