27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS2010-9.10ST1

BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF STRINGER STIFFENED CURVED PANELS MADE OF MAGNESIUM, ALUMINUM AND COMPOSITES UNDER COMPRESSIVE LOAD

B. Landkof, H. Abramovich, O. Igudisman
Technion, Israel

Keywords: stringers, buckling, magnesium, panels

During the last decade weight saving in commercial aircraft has become one of the important issues. The use of magnesium was reconsidered due to improvement in surface protection solutions and appearance of high quality alloys.This paper deals with the validation of Magnesium as a structural material for the aircraft.

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