An assessment of the state-of-the-art in the design and manufacturing of large composite structures for aerospace vehicles

NASA Technical Memorandum

Volumn , Issue 210844, 2001, Pages 1-24

  Harris, Charles E ^a   Starnes Jr , James H ^a   Shuart, Mark J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Analysis; Building block approach; Carbon; Composite materials; Empennage; Epoxy; Fuselage; General aviation; Graphite; Graphite epoxy; NDE; Rockets; Rotorcraft; Thermoplastics; Thermosets; Wing

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244367814     PISSN: 04999320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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