Special issue devoted to AIRTEC “Supply on the Wings” conference

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(2014), "Special issue devoted to AIRTEC “Supply on the Wings” conference", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 86 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-05-2014-0063

Special issue devoted to AIRTEC “Supply on the Wings” conference

Article Type: Editorial From: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, Volume 86, Issue 4

This issue of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal is directly linked to the yearly organized international conference, “Supply on the Wings”, which is part of the AIRTEC congress embedded in the International Aerospace Supply Fair AIRTEC (http://www.airtec.aero) held in Frankfurt, Germany. The last conference was on 5-7 November 2013 and covered scientific and industrial presentations, connecting practice and science by more than 100 speakers from 20 nations. The program covered the following timely topics on emerging technologies for aerospace:

* R & D Summit with the topics “Future Aircraft Design” und “Composites”

* Supply chain summit

* Additive manufacturing

* SAMPE tutorials to the topics manufacturing, testing, repair

* Composite structures

* Metallic structures

* Manufacturing/production

* Improved simulation

* Engines

The highlights were 32 keynote presentations or presentations in the Summits. The yearly event is an ideal meeting place for professionals from the area of development, engineering, project management, business administration, production, manufacturing, procurement and related fields. Especially the inclusion of the conference in the AIRTEC exhibition allows excellent discussions between science and industry. The proceedings of the entire AIRTEC congress 2013 are publically available under ISBN 978-3-942939-10-2.

The following 11 conference papers have been selected for publication in this peer-reviewed special issue:

(1) da Cunha, F.R.S., Wille, T., Degenhardt, R., Sinapius, M., de Araujo, F.C. and Zimmermann, R., “A robustness-based design strategy for composite structures – probabilistic approach”.

(2) da Cunha, F.R.S., Wille, T., Degenhardt, R., Sinapius, M., de Araujo, F.C. and Zimmermann, R., “A robustness-based design strategy for composite structures”.

(3) Jakubczak, P., Bieniaœ, J., Majerski, K., Ostapiuk, M. and Surowska, B., “The impact behavior of aluminum hybrid laminates”.

(4) Karagiannis, D., Stamatelos, D., Spathopoulos, T., Solomou, A., Machairas, T., Chrysohoidis, N., Saravanos, D. and Kappatos, V., “Airfoil morphing based on SMA actuation technology”.

(5) Majerski, K., Surowska, B., Bieniaœ, J., Jakubczak, P. and Ostapiuk, M., “Experimental investigation on the influence of fibers orientation on the failure of carbon hybrid laminates”.

(6) Tyczyński, P., Lemańczyk, J., Ostrowski, R. and Śliwa, R., “Drilling of CFRP, GFRP, glare type composites”.

(7) Rokicki, P., Budzik, G., Kubiak, K., Bernaczek, J., Dziubek, T., Magniszewski, M., Nowotnik, A., Sieniawski, J., Matysiak, H., Cygan, R. and Trojan, A., “Rapid prototyping in manufacturing of core models of aircraft engine blades”.

(8) Matuszak, J. and Zaleski, K., “Edge states after wire brushing of magnesium alloys”.

(9) Lammen, W., Kupijai, P., Kickenweitz, D. and Laudan, T., “Integrate engine manufacturer’s knowledge into the preliminary aircraft sizing process”.

(10) Cestino, E. and Frulla, G., “Analysis of slender thin-walled anisotropic box-beams including local stiffness and coupling effects”.

(11) Dziubińska, A. and Gontarz, A., “Forming of flat parts with ribs from magnesium alloy”.

The articles deal with different solutions for future aerospace challenges in the areas of composite and metallic structures, engines, morphing, manufacturing and preliminary design.

With great pleasure we would like to thank all authors for writing such excellent technical papers. Further, the reviewers deserve praise and appreciation for their insightful critique and suggestions, which contributed directly to improve the technical content of this Special Issue. Finally, we would like to thank the editor-in-chief of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Dr. Askin T. Isikveren, for his agreement and support in making this issue possible.

Richard Degenhardt works at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems, Braunschweig, Germany, and Private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen (PFH), Göttingen, Germany

Leslie J. Cohen works at Hitco Carbon Composites, Inc, Gardena, California, USA