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H. Assler
Airbus - Hamburg
Presented by J. Telgkamp
History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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H. Assler / J. Telgkamp
Airbus
ECNDT 2006
History of Aviation
25 September 2006
Page 3
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Otto Lilienthal
Summer 1891, Derwitz, Germany
History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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further
bigger faster
more more
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inexpensive environmental
friendly
Challenge
Drivers use to be in contradiction to each other.
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Aircraft Performance – “further”
Long Range Aircraft development vs. Time
A340-500
Range (nm)
8000 747-400ER
747-400 A340-300 777-300ER
777-200ER
A340-600
A340-200
6000 777-300
B747-300
B747-200 777-200
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B747 SP
4000
B747-100
A380
A380 A320
73 m 8.56 m
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79.8 m
7.14 m
0,1
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0,01
1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
Year
/kg
1.0
r kW
Aircraft
we
Po
0.1
ec .
Car
A380 - the first long-haul
Sp
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Overall Aircraft
Configuration
Aerodynamics
Lift
Thrust
Engine
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Drag
Weight
Structure
(Materials, Technologies, Design)
History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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1400
Airbus Boeing
1200
1000
656
602
800
789 568
563 391
600 333
277
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251 239
400 554
4 1991-1997 :
5,8%
3
1980-1990 :
Shift of 3.3 years
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2 5,8%
1970-1979 : 10 900 Aircrafts
11,0% in 2000
1
0
1970 1980 1990 2000 2013 2023
History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design - general
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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Strengths Drawbacks
Structures
Fiber Metal • Improved Fatigue • Lower Stiffness
Laminates • Better Tailoring • Higher Density
• Higher Fire Resistance (compared to CFRP)
• Less Corrosion • Less industrialized process
(compared to Al-alloys) (compared to CFRP)
GLARE Al 2524
Skin
Material Al 6013 Al 7475
2% Surface
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Protections
3 % GLARE
22 % Organic Materials
CFRP, GFRP, QFRP
A350
40
35
A400M
30
A380
25
20
A340-600
A340-300
15
A320
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A310-200
10
A300
0
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Airbus will continue to select the material technology that is best
suited to its products and most beneficial for its customers
H. Assler / J. Telgkamp Airbus ECNDT 2006 25 September 2006 Page 22
Aircraft Design – Composite Materials on A380-800
Floor Beams Upper Deck
Vertical
Outer Flaps Tail Plane
Section 19.1
J-Nose
Horizontal
Tail Plane
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Rear
Wing Ribs Section 19
Pressure
Center Wing Box
Bulkhead
H. Assler / J. Telgkamp Airbus ECNDT 2006 25 September 2006 Page 23
Table of Contents
History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design - specific
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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Internal Pressure
A350
∆p
40000 ft
R
σcircumf
→ ∆p
7000 ft
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Internal Pressure
∆p
σlong R
∆p σcircumf
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σlong < / = / > σcircumf
Internal Pressure
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σlong < / = / > σcircumf
Internal Pressure
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σlong = ½ ⋅ σcircumf
Internal Pressure
∆p
σlong R
∆p σcircumf
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σlong = ½ ⋅ σcircumf
σlong
R
∆p
lift σcircumf
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gravity σlong
Internal
Pressure
+
Weight
+
Aerodynamic
Loads
+
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Manoeuvre
Loads
Impact
Shear
Stress Bending
Longit. Tension
(bending)
Impact
Shear
(transverse shear and torsion)
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Impact
Lap
Joint
Butt Joint
Frame
Clip
Skin
Stringer
History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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Material and
Technologies
selection
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Taylored Smart
Design Structures
Wing
Rear Fuselage Adaptive
Center wing box Fuselage Structures,
SHM
Bulkhead
Keel beam
Composites Floor panels
Al adv.
VTP, HTP casting Advanced
Flaps,
Control FML
Fairings surfaces FSW, Al-Sc
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GLARE®,LBW,
EBW, Ti-Leg.
AL-Li
Al-Li
Metal
LBW
Extrusions
AIRBUS-G
• A318 1 panel
(CO2-Laser, Working Area 6m×3m) • A380 8 panel
Tactile
Sensor
Optical Profile Measurement
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Laser Beam
Photo Spectrometic
Eddy Current Testing Determination of Si in plasma
Sealing
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Doubler
Bonding
Tunnel
Lack of
Penetration
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Root Flaw
Delaminations
Porosity
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Inclusion
Layer Porosity
Unbond
Evaluation
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SHM-Application
Maintenance Design
Corrosion
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Monitoring
Life Extension
Reduction of Weight
Inspection Saving
Examples:
• Metallic structures:
Challenge damage tolerant dimensioning of metallic
structure using SHM by assuming less stringent damage
assumptions without affecting safety.
• Composite structures:
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History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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Determination of
• Fatigue Life Damage Detectability
• Crack Growth (influenced by NDT)
• Residual Strength
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Operational Load
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• Component to be inspected
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• Area to be inspected
Frame Frame
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History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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• Thermography
H. Assler / J. Telgkamp Airbus ECNDT 2006 25 September 2006 Page 63
NDI/NDT Methods with Future Potential
• Laser Ultrasonic
• Air Coupled Ultrasound
History of Aviation
Aircraft Performance
Aircraft Market
Aircraft Design
Innovation in Aircraft Design
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technologies
¾self-monitoring / reacting
¾adaptable to changing Requirements.
• Our today’s challenges are mainly to
¾innovate quickly Daedalus and Icarus
¾implement immediately escaping from Crete