Cost efficiency, integration and assembly of a generic composite aeronautical wing box
2016 (English)In: Composite structures, ISSN 0263-8223, E-ISSN 1879-1085, Vol. 152, p. 1014-1023Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This paper presents a cost-efficiency study of part integration with respect to reduced assembly effort within aeronautical composite structures. The study is performed through the use, and continuous improvement upon, a previously developed cost model. Focus are on the assembly and basic inspection a wing box, part of a section of a full wing, where involved parts are all considered to be manufactured from carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). Treated cases range from traditional, mechanical joining, to high integration either through co-curing or co-bonding of composite structures. The outcome of presented cost study shows that increased integration decreases the overall production cost of said considered wing box. In general it is shown that co-curing or co-bonding reduces a number of cost-expensive assembly steps in comparison to mechanical joining
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier Ltd , 2016. Vol. 152, p. 1014-1023
Keywords [en]
Assembly, Co-bonding, Co-curing, Cost estimation, Inspection, Mechanical joining, Carbon, Carbon fiber reinforced plastics, Carbon fibers, Cost effectiveness, Cost estimating, Costs, Curing, Efficiency, Fiber reinforced plastics, Integration, Joining, Structure (composition), Carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP), Continuous improvements, Cost efficiency, Cost estimations, Production cost, Cost reduction
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-41363DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.06.032Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84978033586OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-41363DiVA, id: diva2:1377419
Note
Funding details: 314003; Funding details: Seventh Framework Programme; Funding text 1: The research within this paper was funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013), under grant agreement n° 314003 .
2019-12-112019-12-112020-12-01Bibliographically approved