Fuel tanks and methods of manufacture are presented. A fuel tank in a wing of an aircraft comprises a composite skin, a composite spar, and a structural gap filler between a flange of the spar and a first surface of the skin, the structural gap filler having a compressive strength equivalent to or greater than a compressive strength of a joint between the composite spar and the composite skin.


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    Title :

    AIRCRAFT WITH STRUCTURAL GAP FILLER



    Publication date :

    2023-03-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen



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