The preparation of a composite structure for a first large scale ground test of a smart and gapless wing leading edge

Olaf Heintze; Sebastian Geier; Daniel Hartung; Markus Kintscher

doi:10.1117/12.880596

27 April 2011 The preparation of a composite structure for a first large scale ground test of a smart and gapless wing leading edge

Olaf Heintze, Sebastian Geier, Daniel Hartung, Markus Kintscher

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Proceedings Volume 7977, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2011; 79771K (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880596
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

At the Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems (FA, Prof. Wiedemann) of the DLR the structure of a flexible and gapless wing leading edge has been developed for testing in large scale structure-system ground tests. The absence of gaps in a flexible wing leading edge allows for a significant noise reduction and provides an additional key technology for realizing wings with a fully natural laminar flow. In the years 2009 and 2010 the work in the project SmartLED within the 4^th German Aviation Research Program (LuFo) was focused on the preparation and realization of the first ground test of the in the project developed overall system. The overall smart droop nose concept arose from the cooperation of Airbus and EADS, whereas the DLR Institute FA dealt with the structural design, the test of the material systems, the simulation of the overall system, and the development of manufacturing technologies for the composite structures to be employed in the planned tests. The detailed presentation of this work forms the content of this paper which has been made possible through the application of the process chain for composite structures established at the Institute FA of the DLR.

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Olaf Heintze, Sebastian Geier, Daniel Hartung, and Markus Kintscher "The preparation of a composite structure for a first large scale ground test of a smart and gapless wing leading edge", Proc. SPIE 7977, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2011, 79771K (27 April 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880596

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