Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A structurally efficient hat-stiffened panel concept that utilizes a structural foam as a stiffener core material has been designed and developed for aircraft primary structural applications. This stiffener concept is fabricated from textile composite material forms with a resin transfer molding process. This foam-filled hat-stiffener concept is structurally more efficient than most other prismatically stiffened panel configurations in a load range that is typical for both fuselage and wing structures. The panel design is based on woven/stitched and braided graphite-fiber textile preforms, an epoxy resin system, and Rohacell foam core. The structural response of this panel design was evaluated for its buckling and postbuckling behavior with and without low-speed impact damage. The results from single-stiffener and multi-stiffener specimen tests suggest that this structural concept responds to loading as anticipated and has excellent damage tolerance characteristics compared to a similar panel design made from preimpregnated graphite-epoxy tape material.
Keywords:
Composite Materials
Type:
NASA-TM-111451
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NAS 1.15:111451
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AIAA Paper 96-1368
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AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC 37th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference; Apr 15, 1996 - Apr 17, 1996; Salt Lake City, UT; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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