Composites in Service
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
ISSN: 0002-2667
Article publication date: 1 April 1988
Abstract
WHEN the Harrier GR 5 begins operations, the Royal Air Force will have an aircraft of which one quarter of the structure weight is composites and one half of the structure area. Major primary structure components are fabricated from carbon fibre composites (CFC) whose characteristics are notably different from light alloys. These differences have to be taken into account when appreciating the problems of supporting such an aircraft and providing the best methods of effecting repairs to damaged structure.
Citation
Ford CEng MRAeS, T. (1988), "Composites in Service", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 60 No. 4, pp. 2-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036596
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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