FUEL DAMS, AIRCRAFT WING BOXES, AIRCRAFT, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AIRCRAFT WINGS

Methods of assembling an aircraft wing comprise adhering fuel dams to stringers and adhering the fuel dams to ribs. Fuel dams comprise a fuel-dam body that defines a channel shaped to receive a portion of a stringer of an aircraft wing. The fuel-dam body comprises a stringer adherent surface, a rib...

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Hauptverfasser: WHITMER, Matthew McKinley, PEREZ DIAZ, Fernando L, TALCOTT, Kristopher William, SUKHOMLINOV, Alexander S, ABDOUCH, Mark, RICHARDSON, Mark Edmund
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Zusammenfassung:Methods of assembling an aircraft wing comprise adhering fuel dams to stringers and adhering the fuel dams to ribs. Fuel dams comprise a fuel-dam body that defines a channel shaped to receive a portion of a stringer of an aircraft wing. The fuel-dam body comprises a stringer adherent surface, a rib adherent surface, and a pair of spaced-apart flanges extending from the rib adherent surface and positioned to project from the rib adherent surface on opposing sides of a notch of a rib.