Aerospace · Structural Analysis

Aerospacestructural analysis.

I'm Berkay Kuşkıra, Lead Structural Analysis Engineer at Turkish Aerospace Industries. I work on metallic and composite aircraft structures from concept layout through certification: static strength, stability, fatigue and damage tolerance, and lightweight design. Current focus is a next-generation fighter-jet programme.

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Years in aerospace stress
9+
Years in aerospace stress
Aircraft programmes
4
Aircraft programmes
Projects & method studies
10
Projects & method studies
Solid Mechanics · ITU
M.Sc.
Solid Mechanics · ITU
Berkay Kuşkıra, aerospace structural analysis engineer
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Focus

What the work covers.

Six threads of one discipline: keeping aircraft structure light, strong and safe for its whole service life.

  1. 01

    Static Strength & Stability

    Sizing metallic and composite primary structure against strength, buckling and post-buckling requirements.

  2. 02

    Fatigue & Damage Tolerance

    Slow-crack-growth and fail-safe substantiation of fracture- and durability-critical parts.

  3. 03

    Composite & Lightweight Structures

    Lay-up design, weight-reduction studies and structural optimisation, from a rudder re-lay to a CFRP rim thesis.

  4. 04

    GFEM-Driven Sizing

    Internal-load extraction, detailed sub-models and allowables feeding the global sizing loop.

  5. 05

    Joints, Details & Hand Calcs

    Bolted joints, lugs, cut-outs and fillets substantiated with classical hand calculations, reconciled against detailed FE and test data.

  6. 06

    Method & Tool Development

    Python tooling for the stress group: automated FE post-processing, standardised workbooks and optimisation-driven sizing trades.

About

Fighter, trainer and eVTOL programmes, from concept sizing to detail substantiation.

Lead Structural Analysis Engineer at Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), working on metallic and composite aircraft primary structure since 2017 (9+ years).The work covers the whole stress discipline: static strength and stability, fatigue and damage tolerance, composite and lightweight design, GFEM-based sizing and structural optimisation.Currently leads the durability and damage tolerance (DaDT) work package on a fighter-jet programme and, since late 2025, analysis method and tool development in the stress group.Earlier work covers EASA CS-23 certification stress analysis on the Hürkuş trainer (forward fuselage, and the rudder weight-reduction study), GFEM-based sizing of fighter primary structure, and preliminary landing-gear and eVTOL structural studies.Day to day that means stress reports taken through release, sizing and weight trade studies, crack-growth and fail-safe assessments, and non-conformance dispositions agreed with the loads, design and test teams.

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Portfolio

Two areas of work.

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01 · aerospace · 5 projects

Aerospace

Stress analysis of metallic and composite aircraft primary structure: static and GFEM-based sizing, fatigue and damage-tolerance assessment, weight-reduction studies and structural optimisation.

  • Fighter Jet — Method & Tool Development
  • Fighter Jet — Durability & Damage Tolerance
  • Hürkuş Trainer — Certification Stress Analysis
  • and 2 more
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02 · solid mechanics · 5 projects

Solid Mechanics

Linear and non-linear stress analysis, topology optimisation and academic research in solid mechanics: composite laminates, bolted joints, buckling stability.

  • M.Sc. Thesis — Composite Rim Optimisation (MOGA-II)
  • Topology Optimisation of an Aircraft Bracket
  • Non-linear FEA of Bolted Joints
  • and 2 more
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Experience

A timeline.

From stress work on the Hürkuş trainer to fighter-jet primary structure: sizing, durability and damage tolerance, and now the stress group's methods and tools.

Full resume

  1. Oct 2025 — Present · concurrent

    Method & Tool Development Engineer

    Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) · Ankara, Turkey

  2. Aug 2021 — Present

    Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Engineer

    Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) · Ankara, Turkey

  3. Sep 2017 — Aug 2021

    Structural Analysis Engineer

    Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) · Istanbul, Turkey

  4. Jul 2016 — Jun 2017

    Project Student & Intern

    TEI — TUSAŞ Engine Industries · Eskişehir, Turkey

  5. Feb 2018 — Jul 2022

    M.Sc. in Solid Mechanics

    Istanbul Technical University

Toolchain

Day-to-day engineering stack

  • MSC Nastran
  • Abaqus
  • ANSYS Mechanical
  • Altair HyperMesh
  • MSC Patran
  • CATIA V5
  • Femap
  • Python
  • pyNastran
  • scikit-learn
  • MATLAB
  • Excel / VBA

Contact

Get in touch.

Questions about aircraft structures, lightweight design, fatigue or FE correlation are always welcome, and so are recruiters.

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