A wing joint (1) including a T-chord (10) and a splice plate (15) for connecting an inboard wing panel assembly (20) and an outboard wing panel assembly (30). The wing panel assemblies include a stringer (60) co-bonded or co-cured with a wing skin. The webbing and cap of the stringer may be trimmed to expose a noodle and base flange. The noodle and base flange interface with the bottom of the T-chord and the wing skin interfaces with the splice plate (16,17). The exposed noodle may be non-flush with the base flange of the trimmed stringer. The bottom of the T-chord may include a groove to accommodate a non-flush noodle so that a gap does not exist between the T-chord and the base flange. Alternatively, shims may be used to compensate for a non-flush noodle or the base flange and web may include sacrificial plies permitting the base flange and web to be trimmed flush with the noodle.
Joint for composite wings
Verbindung für Verbundflügel
Joint pour ailes composites
2019-05-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |