Centennial of Naval Aviation Meeting Report Stanley Smeltzer AIAA Structures Technical Committee Fall Meeting, Oct
Centennial of Naval Aviation Forum AIAA Centennial of Naval Aviation forum was held in conjunction with ATIO conference on Sep 21 st & 22 nd The Virginia Beach Convention Center was an attractive location with easy access to all meeting rooms & exhibit halls Easy to move from room to room during between sessions/papers as all the rooms were on two levels Very large space outside meeting rooms for attendees to move between sessions and network A small number of abstracts were received (<10) for the Structural Design, Analysis, Fatigue track which resulted in: The organizing committee performing the abstract reviews (May-June) The abstract review evolving into a manuscript solicitation due to the low number of quality submissions A total of 5 conference papers and 7 oral presentations were accepted to the three structures sessions
Centennial of Naval Aviation Forum Three dedicated structures sessions were planned: Blended Wing Body Military Transport Structural Design, Fatigue, and Structural Integrity of the Navy Fleet (Part I and II) The structures sessions were relatively well attended: Blended Wing Body Military Transport: 11 person average Structural Design, Fatigue, and …(Part1) : 18 person average Structural Design, Fatigue, and …(Part2) : 14 person average Thanks to those Structures TC members and friends that volunteered to review abstracts!