SAE ARP5596B

1 SCOPE
  1.1 Purpose
  1.2 Field of Application
2 REFERENCES
  2.1 Applicable Documents
      2.1.1 SAE Publications
      2.1.2 Government Publications
      2.1.3 AIA Publications
      2.1.4 Airplane Manuals
  2.2 Reference Documents
      2.2.1 ISO Publications
      2.2.2 IATA Publications
  2.3 Definitions
3 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  3.1 Area Load
  3.2 Running Load
  3.3 General Precautions
4 SHORING COMPLEXITY LEVELS
  4.1 Elementary Shoring
  4.2 Shoring Underneath the Load
  4.3 Free Span Shoring
5 CALCULATION METHODS
  5.1 General Equations
      5.1.1 Parameters [imperial units]
      5.1.2 Functions
      5.1.3 Intermediate Calculation Elements
      5.1.4 Formulas
      5.1.5 Boundary Conditions
      5.1.6 Equations Solution
  5.2 Shoring Design
      5.2.1 General
      5.2.2 Calculation Steps
      5.2.3 Shoring Geometry
  5.3 Pyramid Shoring
  5.4 Field Methods
6 IMPLEMENTATION
  6.1 Shoring Effectiveness
  6.2 Concentrated Loads
  6.3 Shoring Materials
      6.3.1 Lumber
      6.3.2 Aluminum Beams
      6.3.3 Steel Beams
      6.3.4 Accessories
7 ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING
  7.1 General
  7.2 Engineers Training
  7.3 Loadmasters Training
  7.4 Operator's Procedures
  7.5 Quality Assurance

Specifies guidelines for calculating and performing shoring (load spreading) required on board civil transport aircraft whenever a piece of cargo to be carried exceeds the aircraft's maximum allowable limits in area load, running load, or both.

This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) specifies guidelines for calculating and performing shoring (load spreading) required on board civil transport aircraft whenever a piece of cargo to be carried exceeds the aircraft\'s maximum allowable limits in area load, running load, or both. It provides both the engineering methods needed to properly design a shoring arrangement, and the main practical dos and donts known from experience to ensure its effectiveness in protecting the aircraft\'s structure against overload.