25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-10.4.1

FUTURE DESIGN SCENARIO FOR COMPOSITE AIRFRAME PANELS

R. Degenhardt, A. K. Kling, K. R. Rohwer
DLR, Germany

Keywords: Collapse, Postbuckling, Composites, Degradation, COCOMAT

European aircraft industry demands for reduced development and operating costs. The running EU project COCOMAT contributes to this aim by exploitation of considerable reserves in primary fibre composite fuselage structures. This paper deals with the main objectives and expected results of the project as well as DLR’s first results.

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