How to make composite airliners even lighter

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Future airliners could have even lighter composite structures if new lessons on structural health data are applied. Current aircraft like the Boeing 787 or Airbus A350 are ‘structurally overdesigned’ and their successors could lose weight without compromising structural integrity, the first results of a test campaign by Technical University Delft (The Netherlands) and Patras University (Greece) have learned. The results were presented recently to the media. How to make composite airliners even lighter.

Period30 Jun 2021

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  • TitleHow to make composite airliners even lighter
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletAirInsight
    Media typeWeb
    Date30/06/21
    DescriptionFuture airliners could have even lighter composite structures if new lessons on structural health data are applied. Current aircraft like the Boeing 787 or Airbus A350 are ‘structurally overdesigned’ and their successors could lose weight without compromising structural integrity, the first results of a test campaign by Technical University Delft (The Netherlands) and Patras University (Greece) have learned. The results were presented recently to the media. How to make composite airliners even lighter.
    Producer/AuthorRichard Schuurman
    URLhttps://airinsight.com/how-to-make-composite-airliners-even-lighter/
    PersonsA.A.R. Broer-Reinoso Rondinel, N. Yue, D. Zarouchas, B.F. Santos
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