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FEATURE

“Aeronautics”

Thermoplastics

New thermoplastic composite design concepts and their automated manufacture
Thermoplastic composites have inherent properties that make them ideally suited for low-weight, low-cost aerospace structures. These composites boast high toughness, reprocessability and excellent fire safety performance.

ARNT OFFRINGA R&D DIRECTOR FOKKER AEROSTRUCTURES

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teps are currently being taken to move towards large primary structures, e.g. integrally-stiffened skin panels. New materials, innovative design concepts and aeronautics are key innovation factors.

Thermoplastic composites in aerospace to date
Thermoplastic composites are of growing interest in the aerospace sector because of their inherent properties. Their high toughness results in low-weight designs. The physical process only involves melting without a curing cycle, which results in fast and robust processing. Their excellent FST (fire, smoke and toxicity) properties and recyclability are also advantageous. Airbus recently teamed up with a Dutch cluster on the TAPAS project. An international research centre for thermoplastic composites, called TPRC, was also founded in the Netherlands in 2009. Currently, a growing number of thermoplastic composite parts and assemblies can be found in state-of-the-art aircraft. Examples include multi-ribs concepts in many aircraft programmes and welded fixed wing leading edges for the A380 (Fig. 1) made from Ten Cate’s glass/PPS.
Fig. 2: Gulfstream G550 and G650 pressure bulkhead floor panel

Thermoplastic composite primary structures are an area where inroads have been made in the past. The pressure bulkhead floors of the Gulfstream 550 and G650 aircraft (Fig. 2) are a series of structurally-bonded carbon/PEI sandwich structures with pressformed stiffeners. Airbus produces the cockpit floor of the A400M in thermoplastic composite.Recently, steps have been made to move towards welded primary control surfaces. The rudder and elevators of the new Gulfstream G650 business jet (JEC 2010 Innovation Award winner) are induction-welded multi-rib torsion box structures (Fig. 3).

Fig. 1:Welded fixed wing leading edge on an A380 wing (photo courtesy Airbus)

Fig. 3: Welded Gulfstream G650 thermoplastic rudder

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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010

Cover
Editorial
Market Place
Advertisers
Index
Contents
NEWS WORLDWIDE
- Companies
- Innovations
- Agenda of events
BUSINESS
- Market survey
- Trends
- Human Capital
FEATURE - AERONAUTICS
- Market
- Nano
- Simulation
- Fibre placement
- Assembling
- Thermoplastics
USERS' PLATFORM
- Composites in the world
- Successful Partners
- Civil Engineering
KNOW-HOW
- Reinforcement
- RTM
- Induction
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - Cover
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 2
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - Editorial
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - Market Place
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - Index
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - Contents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Companies
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Innovations
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Agenda of events
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - BUSINESS
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Market survey
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Trends
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Human Capital
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - FEATURE - AERONAUTICS
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Market
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Nano
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Simulation
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Fibre placement
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Assembling
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Thermoplastics
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 50
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - USERS' PLATFORM
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Composites in the world
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Successful Partners
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Civil Engineering
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 55
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 56
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - KNOW-HOW
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Reinforcement
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 59
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - RTM
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 61
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - - Induction
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 63
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #58 - June - July 2010 - 64
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