Advanced Design Composite Aircraft (ADCA) Study. Volume 2. Manufacturing Plan

Abstract

The report includes detailed manufacturing plans for the fabrication of major structural components of the ADCA aircraft and their final assembly. A survey of existing tooling/manufacturing technology is presented to highlight areas requiring further development. A corrosion-control plan and quality-control plan are presented to show their relevance to the manufacturing plan. Based on a comparison to current metal aircraft, the design/manufacturing philosophy was established to reduce composite program costs, by striving to reduce part/fastener count.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADB018671

Entities

People

  • H. Borstell

Organizations

  • Grumman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Composite Aircraft
  • Composite Material Fabrication
  • Composite Materials
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Fuselages
  • Laminates
  • Manufacturing
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Spars
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Software Engineering