Advanced Composite Vertical Fin for L-1011 Aircraft: Design, Manufacture, and Test (Executive Summary).

Abstract

The structural box of the L-1O11 vertical fin, was redesigned using advanced composite materials. The box was fabricated and ground tested to verify the structural integrity. This report summarizes the complete program starting with the design and analysis and proceeds through the process development ancillary test program production readiness verification testing, fabrication of the full-scale fin boxes and the full-scale ground testing. The program showed that advanced composites can economically and effectively be used in the design and fabrication of medium primary structures for commercial aircraft. Static strength variability was demonstrated to be comparable to metal structures and the long term durability of advanced composite components was demonstrated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA305559

Entities

People

  • A. C. Jackson

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Structures
  • Cost Analysis
  • Epoxy Laminates
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Laminates
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Microwave Engineering.