22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-4.5.R2

TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY READINESS OF FIBRE METAL LAMINATES

J.W. Gunnink (1, 2), A. Vlot (2), R. C. Alderliesten (2), W. van der Hoeven (3), A. de Boer (3), W. ‘t Hart (3), C.G. van Hengel (1), P.L. Kuijpers (2), R.C. van Oost (1), G.H.J.J. Roebroeks (1), J. Sinke (2), M.S. Ypma (2), T.J. de Vries (2), Th. Wittenberg (2)
(1) Structural Laminates Industries (an affiliate of Fokker Aerostructures), the Netherlands; (2) Delft University of Technology, 3 National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), the Netherlands

Keywords: fibre metal laminates

Fibre Metal Laminates (e.g., Glare) are composed of a bonded structure of metallic layers and fibre reinforced adhesive layers and were developed by laboratory testing and design during the last fifteen years. The Glare Technology Development (GTO) has been aiming at final technology readiness for application in aircraft design, production and service. The current paper gives an overview of the work that was done in this large project.

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