A stringer runout configuration has a pair of fittings with each fitting having a fitting web that is configured for attachment to a stringer web of a stringer on opposite sides of a terminating end of the stringer. The stringer web has a terminating end with a curved configuration and base flanges with rounded terminating ends. Each fitting has a base flange that has a bottom surface with a first surface area and a second surface area positioned at different heights. The first surface area of each of the fittings is configured for attachment to a stringer base flange on opposite sides of a terminating end of the stringer. The second surface area of each of the fittings is configured for attachment to a composite panel surface adjacent the terminating end of the stringer. These and other detailed design features described herein enhance the capability of the runout configuration.
ENHANCED DESIGN FOR STRINGER RUNOUT TERMINATIONS ON COMPOSITE PANELS
VERBESSERTES DESIGN FÜR HOLMAUSLAUFABSCHLÜSSE AUF VERBUNDPLATTEN
CONCEPTION AMÉLIORÉE D'EXTRÉMITÉ DE DÉVERS DE RAIDISSEUR SUR DES PANNEAUX COMPOSITES
2023-04-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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