Aircraft component with closed box structure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJonathan Price, Chetan Korya, Peter Baker, Stephen Williams
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an aircraft component, the component comprising a pair of covers joined by a pair of spars. The covers and spars form a closed box structure with four corners, each corner providing a transition between one of the covers and one of the spars. The method comprises: laying up a laminated sheet of fiber plies; and after the sheet has been laid up, folding the sheet to form the four corners and then joining the sheet to itself to provide the closed box structure.
Claims14
A method of manufacturing an aircraft component, the component comprising a pair of covers joined by a pair of spars, the covers and spars forming a closed box structure with four corners, each corner providing a transition between one of the covers and one of the spars, the method comprising:
- laying up a laminated sheet of fibre plies;
- and after the sheet has been laid up, folding the sheet to form the four corners and then joining the sheet to itself to provide the closed box structure.
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