Print Email Facebook Twitter Optimal design, manufacturing and testing of non-conventional laminates Title Optimal design, manufacturing and testing of non-conventional laminates Author Peeters, D.M.J. (TU Delft Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies) Irisarri, François Xavier (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales) Groenendijk, Chris (Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR) Růžek, Roman (Czech Aerospace Research Centre, Beranových) Date 2019-02-15 Abstract Composite materials are finding increasing application, for example in commercial aircraft. Traditionally fiber angles are restricted to 0°,±45° and 90°. The current work exploits the possibility of using multiple ’non-conventional’ laminates where either fiber steering (‘variable stiffness’), ply drops (‘variable thickness’), or a combination of both is used. This leads to varying mechanical properties which means the load is being redistributed, increasing the overall buckling load. A flat panel of 400×600 mm loaded in uni-axial compression is optimized in the current work. As a benchmark a conventional laminate is used. The non-conventional laminates are 15% lighter to emphasize the possible weight savings. Only using variable stiffness or variable thickness is experimentally shown to not be sufficient to match the buckling load of the benchmark panel. However, using a combination of both, a 10% increase in the buckling load was found for a panel that is 15% lighter. This highlights the potential of non-conventional laminates. Subject Fibre placementFibre steeringTestingVariable stiffnessVariable thickness To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f88245b7-b6a3-4a78-988a-3706b15b6c7c DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.10.062 Embargo date 2020-11-19 ISSN 0263-8223 Source Composite Structures, 210, 29-40 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 D.M.J. Peeters, François Xavier Irisarri, Chris Groenendijk, Roman Růžek Files PDF FullPaperNoHighlight.pdf 8.51 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f88245b7-b6a3-4a78-988a-3706b15b6c7c/datastream/OBJ/view