IP Library Granted Patent US 10,137,664
Granted Patent B2
US 10,137,664 · App. 15/117,895 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Composite material structure, aircraft wing and aircraft fuselage provided with same, and method for manufacturing composite material structure

Inventors: Masahiro Kashiwagi (Tokyo, JP); Yoshinori Nonaka (Tokyo, JP); Toshio Abe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,137,664
App. No.
15/117,895
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a composite material structure, which is configured as a fiber-reinforced plastic composite material extending in one direction and having a plurality of holes defined at intervals in a row in the one direction and which is subjected to a tensile load and/or a compressive load in the one direction, a peripheral region around the holes comprises a first area obtained by bending composite material, which is reinforced using continuous fibers that have been made even in a longitudinal direction, so that a center line of a width of the composite material weaves between adjacent holes and zigzags in the one direction. A tensile rigidity and/or a compressive rigidity in the one direction of the peripheral region around the holes is lower than a tensile rigidity and/or a compressive rigidity in the one direction of other regions that surround the peripheral region.

Claims (30)

1. A composite material structure, comprising a fiber-reinforced plastic composite material extending in one direction, wherein the one direction is 0°, and having a plurality of holes defined at intervals in a row in the one direction, that is subjected to a tensile load or a compressive load in the one direction, wherein:

a peripheral region around the holes includes a first area obtained by bending a composite material reinforced using continuous fibers made even in a longitudinal direction so that a center line of a width of the composite material weaves between adjacent holes and zigzags in the one direction;

a tensile rigidity and/or compressive rigidity in the one direction of the peripheral region is lower than a tensile rigidity and/or compressive rigidity in the one direction of another region that surrounds the peripheral region;

the first area includes at least two parallel parts, wherein a first parallel part is positioned on a side and in contact with a hole of the plurality and is connected to a second parallel part on a side and in contact with an adjacent hole of the plurality by a slanted part disposed between the hole and the adjacent hole, such that first parallel part on the side of the hole and the second parallel part on the side of the adjacent hole are on opposite sides; and

wherein the parallel part comprises the continuous fibers oriented in a 0° direction, is parallel to a first diameter of its corresponding hole, and includes an extension line of a second diameter of its corresponding hole that is oriented in a ±90° direction, wherein a portion of the parallel part has a length equal to or greater than the first diameter of its corresponding hole.

2. The composite material structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the slanted part comprises the continuous fibers oriented in a direction greater than or equal to ±30° and less than or equal to ±60°.

3. The composite material structure according to claim 2 ,

wherein the slanted part comprises the continuous fibers oriented in a direction of ±45°.

4. The composite material structure according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the parallel part equal to or greater than the first diameter of its corresponding hole is at an outer edge of the peripheral region.

5. The composite material structure according to claim 1 , wherein the slanted part is a first slanted part, and in a case where an orientation of the continuous fibers in the first slanted part is orthogonal to an orientation of continuous fibers to an adjacent second slanted part, the width of the composite material is defined as less than or equal to 1/√2 a distance between centers of adjacent holes.

6. The composite material according to claim 1 , wherein the first diameter is a major axis and the second diameter is a minor axis, forming an elongated hole in the 0° direction.

7. The composite material structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first layer including a first area in which the composite material reinforced using continuous fibers made even in the longitudinal direction is repeatedly bent so as to define peak areas and valley areas in that order, and

a second layer including a first area in which the composite material reinforced using continuous fibers made even in the longitudinal direction is repeatedly bent so as to define valley areas and peak areas in that order,

are laminated together so that the peak areas in the first area of the first layer and the valley areas in the first area of the second layer define vertical pairs.

8. The composite material structure according to claim 1 , wherein the holes are access holes defined in a lower surface outer plate of an aircraft wing.

9. The composite material structure according to claim 1 , wherein the holes are window holes defined in an outer plate of an aircraft fuselage.

10. An aircraft wing comprising the composite material structure according to claim 8 .

11. An aircraft fuselage comprising the composite material structure according to claim 9 .

12. A method of manufacturing a composite material structure, the composite material structure comprising a fiber-reinforced plastic composite material extending in one direction, wherein the one direction is 0°, and having a plurality of holes defined at intervals in a row in the one direction, that is subjected to a tensile load or a compressive load in the one direction, the method comprising:

bending a composite material reinforced using continuous fibers made even in a longitudinal direction in a peripheral region around the holes so that a center line of a width of the composite material weaves between adjacent holes and zigzags in the one direction, thereby obtaining a first area,

wherein:

a tensile rigidity and/or compressive rigidity in the one direction of the peripheral region is lower than a tensile rigidity and/or compressive rigidity in the one direction of another region that surrounds the peripheral region;

the first area includes at least two parallel parts, wherein a first parallel part is positioned on a side and in contact with a hole of the plurality and is connected to a second parallel part on a side and in contact with an adjacent hole of the plurality by a slanted part disposed between the hole and adjacent hole, such that first parallel part on the side of the hole and the second parallel part on the side of the adjacent hole are on opposite sides; and

wherein the parallel part comprises the continuous fibers oriented in a 0° direction, is parallel to a first diameter of its corresponding hole, and includes an extension line of a second diameter of its corresponding hole oriented in a ±90° direction, wherein a portion of the parallel part has a length equal to or greater than the first diameter of its corresponding hole.

13. The method of manufacturing a composite material structure according to claim 12 , wherein the slanted part comprises the continuous fibers oriented in a direction greater than or equal to ±30° and less than or equal to ±60°.

14. The method of manufacturing a composite material structure according to claim 13 , wherein the slanted part comprises the continuous fibers oriented in a direction of ±45°.

15. The method of manufacturing a composite material structure according to claim 12 , wherein the portion of the parallel part equal to or greater than the first diameter of its corresponding hole is at an outer edge of the peripheral region.

16. The method of manufacturing a composite material structure according to claim 12 , wherein the first diameter is a major axis and the second diameter is a minor axis, forming an elongated hole in the 0° direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2016
From: KASHIWAGI, MASAHIRO; NONAKA, YOSHINORI; ABE, TOSHIO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 039397/0324 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-067920 · Mar 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170008250A1 · Jan 12, 2017