03.1 - Materials issues, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance
NUMERICAL ASSESSSMENT OF DAMAGE TOLERANCE ALLOWABLES FOR NEW DESIGN CONCEPTS OF STIFFENED COMPOSITE PANELS
T. Bach, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
In order to evaluate different structural concepts, an automated framework and an analysis and design process is built up. Within this processes, the damage tolerance and structural performance of different design concepts for composite panels is assessed. Now, innovative design concepts can be evaluated during the design process without expensive testing.