28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-8.4.2

DEVELOPMENT OF GEODESIC COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES

V. V. Vasiliev, A. F. Razin
Central Research Inst. of Special Machinery, Russian Federation

Keywords: composites, aircraft structures, geodesic structures

The paper is concerned with design, analysis and fabrication of Anisogrid (Anisotropic Grid) aircraft geodesic composite lattice structures which consist of a system of composite ribs and a thin fabric skin made by filament winding. Development and efficiency of Anisogrid aircraft structures are discussed in comparison with traditional stringer structures.

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