A PLAN FOR FABRICATING COST EFFECTIVE COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE PRIMARY STRUCTURE IS DESCRIBED. RECENTLY, BOEING HAS COMMITTED PRIMARY ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR ITS NEW 777 AIRPLANE. BOEING HAS HAD LONG EXPERIENCE IN THE FABRICATION OF COMPOSITE PARTS FOR COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES. PARTICIPATION IN A NASA PROGRAM DEMONSTRATED THAT CARBON/EPOXY MATERIALS COULD SAVE WEIGHT AND SERVE WELL ON COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE PRIMARY STRUCTURE, BUT BETTER METHODS AND MATERIALS WERE NEEDED TO PROVIDE THIS STRUCTURE AT A COST THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE FOR COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE STRUCTURE. THE KEY METHODS TO DEVELOP THE PROCESSES TO ENSURE A GOOD PROCESS START ARE DESCRIBED.
| Number of Pages : | 7 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
