NASA engineers deliberately broke a wing — and they were pleased with the result.
The integration of composite materials into modern wing designs has revolutionised the study of aeroelasticity by introducing pronounced geometric nonlinearities and anisotropic structural responses.
In 2021, Daher delivered thermoplastic composite wing ribs to Airbus UK in the context of the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow programme. Elementary parts of the ribs were assembled with fasteners and Daher ...