Nowadays, increasing manufacturing cost effectiveness becomes a vital condition for the commercial success of the next generation of large wide body aircrafts. Welding is a very strong candidate process to be used in ...

Trends in aircraft design and manufacture are towards the reduction of manufacturing cost and structural weight while maintaining high level of safety. These reductions can be achieved by using integral structures. However, ...

The main objective of the present research study was to develop numerical models to investigate the mechanical properties and effectiveness of z-fibre reinforced laminates. A survey of relevant literature on through-thickness ...

With the development of the design and manufacture technology, composite materials are widely used in the aeronautical industry. But, one of the main concerns which affects the application of composites is foreign object ...