29 - design and performance of novel aircraft structures with folded composite cores：29 -折叠复合芯的新型飞机结构设计与性能.pdfVIP

Design and performance of novel 29 aircraft structures with folded composite cores 1 2 3 ˇ 4 A. Johnson , S. Kilchert , S. Fischer , N. Toso-Penteco te 1Stuttgart, Germany (formerly of German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany); 2Fraunhofer Ernst Mach Institute, Germany (formerly of German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany); 3Institute of Aircraft Design, University Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; 4German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany 29.1 Introduction Weight reduction by structural optimisation is a driving principle in aircraft design. In aircraft fuselages, a sandwich design concept could yield significant weight savings compared to an aluminium reference fuselage, through increasing frame spacing and elimination of stringers. Aircraft sandwich structures are traditionally composed of thin carbon fibre/epoxy skins, and the main core materials are polymer foams such as Polyme- thacrylimide (PMI) and honeycomb cores made from aluminium or impregnated aramid paper. Sandwich panels from these materials have excellent stiffness and strength-to- weight ratios and are established in small general aviation aircraft such as the Beechcraft Premier I and in transport aircraft as secondary structures such as flaps, radomes and nacelles. Major drawbacks of sandwich structures are, among others, the problem of humidity accumulation in closed-cell cores, which causes core degradation or skin/core debonding, and their vulnerability to impact loads. Impact resistance is a critical aspect of the design of primary aircraft structures due to a wide range of foreign object impact threats from bird strike, burst tyre rubber, runway debris, metal fragments and hail. This chapter focuses on novel sandwich structures with open cellular composite cores manufactured by folding thin sheet b