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Civil engineering structures

Aeronautics and space

Maritime constructions

Automotive sector

Sports and recreation

Railway transport

Mechanical constructions

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Possible motivations for choosing a specific

material
Lower cost (lower material cost, less joints and
bondings, lower maintenance costs, less
p
)
consumption,)
Increased performance (faster moving machines,
better performances in sports, improved positioning
of robots,...)
possibilities (colouring,
surface
New p
g higher
g
quality,...)
Personal considerations,...
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Examples of applications
Examples of composites applications are grouped in
the sectors:

aeronautics
aerospace
automobile & transport
sports sector
maritime sector
civil engineering and architecture
others

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Aeronautic applications
examples:
int
interiors,
i s ((access)
ss) d
doors,
s engine
n in n
nacelles,
ll s air
i b
brakes,
k s fl
flaps
ps
and rudders, flooring, radar domes, helicopter blades,...
up to "all composite" aircraft

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Share of composites in civil aircraft

1980
A 300/310
Share of composites: 8 %

2000
A 340 500/600
Share of composites: 15 %

2004
A 380
Share of composites: 20 %

Composites

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Use of composites on the Airbus

A319/A320

Composites

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Composite parts in Airbus

Composites

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Weight percentage of composites in

commercial aircrafts

Composites

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Sandwich floor panels

Composites

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Interiors

Composites

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Fibre reinforced thermoplastics for furniture

(TenCate advanced composites, Nl)

Composites

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Fibre reinforced thermoplastics for furniture (TenCate

advanced composites, Nl)

Composites

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First welded composite component (TenCate

advanced composites Nl)

Composites

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Use of thermoplastic composites on the

A340

Composites

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Use of composites on the Airbus A380

(B. Rckers, Airbus M&P, ECCM10, Brugge 2002)

Vertical Tail Plane

Floor Beams
for upper Deck
Outer Flaps
Sektion 19
J-nose

H i
Horizontal
t l Tail
T il Plane
Pl

Rear Pressure
Bulkhead (FST)

Center Wing Box

Composites

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A380 Center wing box

Upper beam

Struts

Rear spar

Centr
e
spar

Front spar

(B. Rckers, Airbus M&P, ECCM10, Brugge 2002)

Composites

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Struts within fuel tanks and other

compartments

Composites

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Use of GLARE on the Airbus

A380

S2 Glass fibres with FM94

epoxy adhesive (0.125mm
(0 125mm
per prepreg layer)
Aluminium
2024-T3
(0.2-0.5mm)

Features: excellent impact, corrosion, lightning and fire

resistance

Composites

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Use of GLARE for bomb-proof

containers
Lockerbie (GB),
21 december 1988

Bomb-proof glare containers

Courtesy of: Aviation Equipment

S2 Glass fibres with FM94

epoxy adhesive (0.125mm
per prepreg layer)
Aluminium
2024-T3
(0.2-0.5mm)

Composites

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Impact protection of fuel tanks by

use of composite Kevlar/rubber liners
Gonese (FR),
25 juli 2000

Composites

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Geodeticcally wound structure on Beech

Starship (ca. 1985)

Composites

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All composite Dornier Seastar

Composites

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Composites for ULMs

Composites

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Composites on US Air Force C-17

Composites

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Aircraft with forward swept wings

Composites

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Fabrication of wings (Dassault)

Composites

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Stealth aircraft

Composites

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Composite body of (military) helicopter

Composites

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Helicopter cockpit

Composites

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Helicopter blades, propellers

Composites

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Flexible rotor shaft on helicopter

Composites

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Impact absorbing elements on

helicopters

Vertical impact test on Lynx helicopter

Composites

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Carbon/carbon composites for disk

brakes

Composites

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Flight simulator

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Aerospace applications
examples:
C
Cover shields
hi ld off spacecraft
ft and
db
bodies
di off rockets,
k t ffuell ttanks,
k
exhausts of rocket and missile engines, ultra light lattice
gurders for solar panels, chassis of satellites,...

Composites

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Ultra light lattice gurder

Composites

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Antennas

Composites

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C/Al- antenna for Hubble telescope

Composites

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Ariane 4 rocket lauching two

satellites

Composites

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Solid fuel engines

Composites

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Tanks for solid fuel engines

Composites

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Carbon/carbon exhausts on solid fuel

engines

Composites

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Fuel tanks for Space Shuttles (Hercules)

Composites

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Composites for heat shielding on

Space Shuttles

Composites

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