A skin (1) for a morphing structure of an aircraft is disclosed, said skin comprising one or more corrugations (2). A corresponding method of manufacturing a skin for a morphing structure of an aircraft is also disclosed comprising shaping the skin (1) to a desired form including one or more corrugations (2). In one embodiment, Aluminium forming bars (5) are sequentially introduced between folds (7, 8) in the material of the skin.
Corrugated skins for aircraft and methods of their manufacture
Gewellte Häute für ein Flugzeug und Herstellungsverfahren dafür
Peaux ondulées pour un avion et leurs procédés de fabrication
2018-05-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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