Automated fabrication processes for large composite aerospace structures: A trade study

International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings)

Volumn 46 II, Issue , 2001, Pages 1986-1997

  Gruber, M B ^a   Lamontia, M A ^a   Waibel, B J ^a  

^a ACCUDYNE SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated fiber placement; Electron beam curing; In situ consolidation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; AUTOMATION; COMPACTION; CURING; ELECTRON BEAMS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OVENS; PROCESS CONTROL; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; THERMOPLASTICS; THERMOSETS;

COMPOSITE AEROSPACE STRUCTURES; REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES (RLV); VACUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (VARTM);

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 0034822147     PISSN: 08910138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. Low cost processing of large composite structures
2. Performance of a filament wound graphite/thermoplastic composite ring-stiffened pressure hull model
3. Layer by layer E-beam curing of filament wound composite materials with low energy electron beam accelerators