CONSTRAINED FORMING OF CONTOURED COMPOSITE HAT STRINGERS

Cap wrinkling in a contoured composite hat stringer is reduced by constraining the cap as the hat stringer is being formed from a flat composite charge. The cap is constrained by an inflatable bladder placed in a tool set used to form the composite charge.

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Hauptverfasser: PLUMMER, Steven Joseph, WILLDEN, Kurtis Shuldberg, BLISS, Megan E
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Cap wrinkling in a contoured composite hat stringer is reduced by constraining the cap as the hat stringer is being formed from a flat composite charge. The cap is constrained by an inflatable bladder placed in a tool set used to form the composite charge.