25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-4.6.1

THERMAL ANALYSIS OF HYBRID COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

J. Tessmer, T. Sproewitz, T. Wille
DLR, Germany

Keywords: thermal analysis, thermal testing, nite element analysis, hybrid structures, validation

Thermal loads on composites in modern aircraft have a major impact on safe design. A strategy for accurately validated and economic thermal analysis of hybrid composite structures by means of the Finite Element Method is presented. Drawbacks of commercial software are identified and solutions are suggested.

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