Print Email Facebook Twitter Design, fabrication and testing of a composite bracket for aerospace applications Title Design, fabrication and testing of a composite bracket for aerospace applications Author Thuis, H.G.S.J. Biemans, C. Institution National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Date 1997-02-13 Abstract In this paper the results of a program, in which a composite bracket as replacement of a metal forging was developed, will be presented. The finite element method in combination with an optimization module was used to design the bracket. Compared to its metal counter part, the composite bracket demonstrated a weight reduction of 43%. Two composite brackets were fabricated by RTM. One bracket was loaded statically to 1.38 x Design Ultimate Load. The bracket did not fail at this load level. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:117ca1b9-0d4f-4493-9bf0-9bc570dea7c4 Publisher Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium Access restriction Campus only Source NLR Technical Publication 97068 L Part of collection Aerospace Engineering Reports Document type report Rights (c) 1996 National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Files PDF 97068.pdf 8.62 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:117ca1b9-0d4f-4493-9bf0-9bc570dea7c4/datastream/OBJ/view