Aircraft wing and fiber metal laminate forming part of such an aircraft wing

Aircraft wing and fiber metal laminate forming part of such an aircraft wing

Alderliesten, R.C.
Rinze, B.

Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Materials & Manufacturing

2012-04-19

Fiber metal laminate (4)and an aircraft wing (1) having a longitudinal direction, comprising metal layers (5) and fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7, 6', 7'; 6'', 7'') in between said metal layers (5),wherein the metal layers (5) and the fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7, 6', 7'; 6'', 7'') are bonded together, and wherein the fibers of at least some of the fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7, 6', 7'; 6'', 7'') are arranged in a first group in a first plastic layer (6) and in a second group in a second plastic layer (7) whereby the fibers of the first group are at an angle with respect to the fibers of the second group, whereinsaid laminate (4) exhibits fibers of a first type and fibers of a second type, wherein the fibers of the first type being arranged in the said longitudinal direction of the laminate (4) in one or more of its fiber reinforced plastic layers (6', 7'; 6'', 7''), and that it has adjacent fiber reinforced plastic layers (6, 7) at or near a symmetry-plane of the laminate (4) that are provided with the fibers of the second type.

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