Design and Analysis of a Composite Fuselage
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چکیده
The present study presents a new methodology developed for an analytical model of a composite fuselage. It also presents finite element analyses of a simplified model and comparisons with more complete models. These comparisons show that there is a very good correlation between both models for the cases studied. Therefore, the applicabilty of the proposed procedure was demonstrated. Based on finite element analyses, the present paper also presents a weight comparison between a composite fuselage and an aluminium alloy one.This comparison assess the weight reduction obtained with the use of composite materials for designing the fuselage.
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