COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ›› 2023, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (2): 107-114.DOI: 10.19936/j.cnki.2096-8000.20230228.014

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Application of composites automated fiber placement technology in aircraft integral fuselage panel

TANG Shanshan1,2, HE Daliang2, WANG Xianfeng1*, XU Xiaowei2, XUE Ke2, YU Jingjing2   

  1. 1. College of Material Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China;
    2. AVIC Xi’an Aircraft Industrial (Group) Company Ltd., Xi’an 710089, China
  • Received:2022-01-13 Online:2023-02-28 Published:2023-04-28

Abstract: The amount of composite materials used in aircraft has become one of the important symbols to measure the advances of aircraft. With the increase of aircraft tonnage and the rapid development of composite manufacturing technology, the aircraft composite parts are moving towards the direction of large-scale, integration and automation. It is difficult to meet the increasing technical and quality demands of parts by traditional manual laying. This paper introduced the present manufacturing situation and development prospect of automated fiber placement technology for composite component, and the application of automated fiber placement technology for composite component in the integral fuselage panel of aircraft is described in detail. According to the structural characteristics of fuselage barrel section,the trajectory planning methods of various angles are analyzed. What’s more, the direction and the placement ability of trajectory are studied. Through the finite element simulation and laying experiment, the optimal laying process parameters are determined. Finally, the automatic manufacturing of fuselage barrel skin is realized by using automated fiber placement.

Key words: composites, automated fiber placement technology, aircraft integral fuselage fanel, path planning

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