25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-9.1.3


AGEFORMABLE PANELS FOR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT

F. Eberl, S. Gardiner*, G. Campanile**, G. Surdon***, M. Venmans****, P. Prangnell*****
Alcan CRV, France; *Airbus, UK; **Alenia Aero; ***Dassault Av.; ****Sabca; *****Univ.of Manchester, UK

Keywords: forming, ageforming, metallic fuselage, laser beam welding, friction stir welding

The ageform process is currently used for top wing structures. Within the European Project “Ageform”, the domain of application of this forming process has been enlarged to bottom wing and fuselage applications. After presentation of the process and the material optimization, large demonstrators will be shown with their properties obtained.


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