Development of Sonic Design Data for Engineering Plastics Used for Strut and Nacelle Applications 901985
Engineering plastics are now available for use on lightly loaded aircraft structure. These materials have excellent cost benefits as well as producibility benefits over their hand laidup predecessors. They are especially useful in the strut and nacelle areas where many of the fairings are attached for aerodynamic purposes only and may have rather complicated contours. In addition to lower costs, the manufacturing process is consistent, unlike hand laidup parts, which often require rework. In the strut and nacelle area one of the major requirements for all parts is sonic durability. This paper is intended to explain the test setup and test procedure for sonic testing of thermoplastics and thermosets and the results of the testing up to this point. Included in this explanation will be the assumptions made, the test setup, results of the testing and conclusions drawn from the testing.
Citation: O'Grady, M., Evans, K., and Matheson, D., "Development of Sonic Design Data for Engineering Plastics Used for Strut and Nacelle Applications," SAE Technical Paper 901985, 1990, https://doi.org/10.4271/901985. Download Citation
Author(s):
Michael A. O'Grady, Keith A. Evans, Donald P. Matheson
Affiliated:
Boeing Co.
Pages: 8
Event:
Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Cost analysis
Test procedures
Aircraft structures
Hand
Plastics
Manufacturing processes
Thermoplastics
Fairings
Parts
Aerodynamics
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