25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-4.2.2

A NEW CONCEPT FOR TESTING FATIGUE AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE AT AEROSPACE STRUCTURE

B. Zapf, C. Rieß
TÜV Industrie Service GmbH, Germany

Keywords: Spoiler, Fatigue, Damage, Bellows, CFRP, test

The load assumptions are based on a rectangular pressure distribution on the spoiler surfaces. The loading point of the total spoiler force is the geometry of the trapezoid formed spoilers. The spoiler loads will be introduced in the structure by a pair of bellows on the spoiler surface.

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