Technology Bricks for Future Thermoplastic Aircraft
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2022
- For future thermoplastic aircraft fuselages, the autoclave-free consolidation of thermoplastic laminates and the resistance welding were being further developed and validated as technology bricks. The presented work was being carried out in collaboration with partners from the aerospace industry and further research institutes, as part of the BMWK-funded LuFoV-3 project TB-Rumpf.
Contact: Matthias Horn (matthias.horn@dlr.de)
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How does it do with aircraft based paints on it's surface? Or will wraps be needed? Are thermoplastics great for deflection in the wings? Or are these mainly for the fuselage in low stress areas? Will doublers and rivets fatigue the thermoplastics and have a lower barrier to NDI failures?
Nice Video!
That molding tool has a half of ton
Is it like carbon fiber?
Hi, thank you for your interest! Yes, actually it is carbon fibre. But the matrix, the material surrounding the fibres, is thermoplastic material, not thermoset as for the most other applications. The thermoplastic properties leads to a number of advantages, like you can weld parts together after manufacturing.
How do you meet the fire rating with this material?
carbon fibre ... pretty fire retardant in the first place ...
This video made me visualize Boeing size aircraft that can be deployed and shed some of its carcasses to plunge into the sea saving time to surprise the enemy with and attack by a newly constructed submarine that can fly and navigate under water.
At 3:02 you see a typical aircraft/vessel structure. It could be made of aluminium, cfrp; both thermoset as thermoplast. Even you see these structure type in a ships hull, in steel.
The structure shown is hence a multi-material solution.
Pose the question to yourself: Did I propose the right structural solution with the production possibities in carbon thermoplastic? Or did I copy-cat a metal structure?
In the EXTRA 400, the first certified composite pressure cabin in Europe, we (team of 5 of Delft University) designed a completely new structural system for that pressure cabin.
It was definitly not a skin-stringer structure. IABG tested it extensively, and it was certified.
DLR, be creative!
Louis van Rijn, former ass. professor composite design, Delft University.
Thank you very much for your comments! The design of the upper shell was one of the specifications given in the project. On the one hand, our focus was on maturing processes that are currently still under development, and on the other hand on demonstrating these processes on a large scale and in a highly automated manner. It`s true that the use of CFR-TP`s offer new possibilities for advanced airframe concepts which should be considered within the design phase.
So they are making aircraft fuselage out of duct tape ? ? ? Should I be scared of flying ?
Hello Kamil,
you understood the basic principle of the process correctly.
Layers of carbon fiber composite tapes are processed in an additive method. Instead to duct tape there is no adhesive. The bond between the layers is achieved by laser melting the thermoplastic material of the tape and the surface layer. Cooling under pressure generates a solid component. Work relating the quality of the process can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00219983241240585
For the first flying fuselage application the process still has to be certified.
sau aufwendig
nice concept ... now take it a step further and make a 1:25 scale version of say the sr 71 and f 22 ... from these laminated parts and fly them with an rc set of engines ... (easy scale conversion take the imperal measuements and change the units to mm and poof its 1:25 scale)
I don't trust thermoplastics in the elements.