Stringers are stiffening members of pressurized aircraft fuselage. They provide support to the fuselage’s skin. A new stringer grid concept is proposed for conventional aircraft fuselage. Optimization is used to find the hexagonal grid that best replaces the original while keeping the same total stringer length. A finite element model is built to analyze the optimal hexagonal grid stiffened structure and compare it with the original orthogonally stiffened structure in terms of eigenfrequencies and static response to external loading. The finite element model is validated through Flugge’s analytical expressions for stiffened shells. Results show that the hexagonal grid stiffened structure yields higher eigenfrequencies with stresses and displacements comparable with that of the original structure.


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    Title :

    Mechanical response of a panel section with a hexagonally tessellated stiffener grid


    Contributors:
    Bouazizi, M (author) / Lazghab, T (author) / Soula, M (author)


    Publication date :

    2017-06-01


    Size :

    13 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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