Advanced Metallic Structures: Cargo Wing Design for Improved Cost, Weight, and Integrity
Abstract
With the current Air Force medium transport and tanker fleets rapidly approaching the end of their useful life, a requirement for their replacement is inevitable. Demonstration of innovative advanced structures concepts is required prior to production decisions in order to qualify these advances for new system acceptance. The long lead times required for the development and demonstration of advanced structures dictates that advanced development programs be initiated now to insure the availability of the various technologies when needed for anticipated future systems. This requirement has led to this advanced development program to develop improved aircraft structural designs for a cargo/ tanker category aircraft. The C-141 inner wing box was used as the baseline for the preliminary design study phase of this development program. The major objective of this study was to develop advanced designs which would double the fatigue life endurance of the baseline, and which could be produced at lower cost and weight.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0782258
Entities
People
- C. R. Brigham
- E. J. Siracusa
- H. V. Davis
- H. W. Stemme
- L. M. Atkinson
- O. L. Freyre
- R. E. Barrie
- V. W. Masoner
- W. H. Sproat
- W. M. Mcgee