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ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Applications of Composite Materials
By
MJ Salkind, Ph.d
MJ Salkind, Ph.d
1
Chief
, Stuctures and Materials Sikorsky Aircraft Division of
United Aircraft Corporation
?
Stratford, Connecticut
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GS Holister, Ph.d
GS Holister, Ph.d
2
Dean and Director of Studies in Technology
?
The Open University
?
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire,
England
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-0115-5
ISBN:
978-0-8031-0115-9
No. of Pages:
194
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1973

Military aircraft have utilized fiber reinforced composites for more than twenty years. The bulk of this use has been glass fiber reinforced plastics, which has provided both improved structural efficiency and lower cost. Recently, the advent of high modulus composites has led to its use in highly loaded, stiffness critical wings and control surfaces, as well as other structures.

This chapter details the major structural design approaches used for fiber composites in aircraft and summarizes several applications.

1.
Molded Glass Fiber Sandwich Fuselages for BT-15 Airplane
,” Army Air Force Technical Report No. 5159,
08
11
1944
.
2.
Development of Air Material Command AT-6C Glass Outer Wing Panel
,” Army Air Force Technical Report No. 5576,
23
04
1947
.
3.
Final Summary Report, Vertol H-21 Plastic Fuselage Design Study
,” Report No. R-144,
Vertol Aircraft Corp.
, Contract No. AF 33(600) 28124,
12
11
1957
.
4.
AN/USD-S(XE-1, XE-2) Surveillance System Index of Documents Released
,”
Aircraft and Missile Division, Fairchild-Stratos Corporation
,
20
07
1962
.
5.
Development Program for a Structural Fiber Glass Aircraft Component
,” Report No. NAEC-ASL-1097,
Aeronautical Structure Laboratory
,
06
1966
.
6.
Report of Preliminary Flight Testing of Marvelitte XAZ-1
,” Aerophysics Department Research Report No. 46,
Mississippi State University
,
06
1963
.
7.
Determination of Increased Aircraft Performance by Application of Composite Materials
,” ASD-TR-69-6,
10
1968
.
8.
Aircraft Applications
,” section,
Air Force Design Guide
.
9.
Rogers
,
C.W.
, et al
Design Criteria, Advanced Composite Materials, Structural Airframe Applications
,” Report FZM-5080,
General Dynamics
, Fort Worth,
15
04
1968
.
10.
Foye
,
R.L.
and
Hackman
,
L.E.
, Unpublished Notes,
Columbus Division
, North American Rockwell,
1968
.
11.
Hadcock
,
R.N.
, “
Advanced Composite Wing Structures, Boron-Epoxy Composites
,” Report AC-SM-7688,
Grumman Aircraft Corp.
12.
Advanced Design Concepts for Advanced Composite Airframes
,” Report No. AFML-TR-68-91,
Air Force Materials Laboratory
,
07
1968
.
13.
Hackman
,
L.E.
and
Stotler
,
C.L.
, “
Laminate Optimization for Filamentary Composites
,” presented at The Society of Aerospace Materials and Process Engineers meeting,
San Diego
,
1966
.
14.
Structural Airframe Application of Advanced Composite Materials
,”
Current Quarterly Reports
, Contract No. AF 33(615)-5257.
15.
Boron Epoxy Wing Skins
,”
Current Quarterly Reports
, Contract No. F33615-68-C-1445.
16.
Advanced Composite Wing Structures
,”
Current Quarterly Reports
, Contract No. F33615-68-C-1301.
17.
Fabrication Techniques for Advanced Composite Attachments and Joints
,” AFML-TR-69-151,
Air Force Materials Laboratory
,
05
1969
.
18.
Manufacturing Methods for Plastic Airframe Structures by Filament Winding
,” AFML-TR-68-378,
Air Force Materials Laboratory
,
03
1969
.
19.
Evaluation of the Structural Behavior of Filament Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites
,” AFML-TR-69-36,
Air Force Materials Laboratory
,
01
1969
.
20.
Development Program for C-5A Aircraft
,”
Current Quarterly Reports
, Contract No. F33 657-68-C-0900.
21.
Advanced Composite Technology Fuselage Program
,”
Current Quarterly Reports
, Contract No. F33 615-69-C-1494.
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