An elongate aircraft structural component 300 for an aircraft, the elongate aircraft structural component comprising a web 310 and a flange 320, wherein the flange extends from the web, comprises layers of composite material, and has a length L in a direction of a length of the elongate aircraft structural component, a width W perpendicular to the length of the flange and a thickness (figure 3A, T) smaller than, and perpendicular to, both the width and the length of the flange, wherein the width of the flange varies along the length of the flange, whereby the flange comprises a wide flange region 400 and a narrow flange region, the narrow flange region having a smaller width than the wide flange region, and wherein the wide flange region comprises stitching interconnecting the layers of composite material, the stitching extending along a path in a direction with at least a component parallel to the width of the flange.
Elongate aircraft structural component and method of fabricating an elongate aircraft structural component
2025-06-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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