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12 Citations
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17 Pages

Research on the Manufacturing Quality of Co-Cured Hat-Stiffened Composite Structure

  • Xiangwen Ju,
  • Jun Xiao,
  • Dongli Wang,
  • Cong Zhao and
  • Xianfeng Wang

22 May 2021

The stringer-stiffened structure is widely used due to its excellent mechanical properties. Improving the manufacturing quality of stringer-stiffened structure which have complex geometry is important to ensure the bearing capacity of aviation compon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,754 Views
29 Pages

Numerical and Geometric Analysis of Side-Wall Inclination Angle Effects on Longitudinal Hat-Stiffeners in Steel Plates

  • Guilherme Garcia Madsen,
  • Mariana Alvarenga Alves,
  • Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha,
  • Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos and ,
  • William Ramires Almeida and
  • Liércio André Isoldi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Thin steel plates with stiffeners are widely employed in several branches of engineering, combining mechanical strength with low weight and serving as both structural and cladding components. However, the influence of the side-wall inclination angle...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Early Career Scientists 2025 (ECS 2025) Contributions to Applied Mechanics (3rd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,477 Views
28 Pages

Numerical and Geometrical Evaluation of Steel Plates with Transverse Hat-Stiffeners Under Bending

  • Mariana Alvarenga Alves,
  • Eduarda Machado Rodrigues,
  • Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha,
  • Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos and ,
  • William Ramires Almeida and
  • Liércio André Isoldi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 June 2025

Thin steel plates with stiffeners are widely used in shipbuilding, aeronautics, and civil construction due to their lightness and structural strength. This study presents a numerical model developed using ANSYS Mechanical APDL with SHELL281 finite el...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Plastic Forming Processes: Theory, Experiments and Numerical Simulations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
891 Views
15 Pages

Composite hat-stiffened panels are widely used in civil aircraft structural design as typical closed-section stiffened components with high load-carrying efficiency. To accurately predict the post-buckling bearing capacity and optimize the tapered te...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Aircraft Composite Structure Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
11,078 Views
17 Pages

25 March 2022

Hat-stringer-stiffened composite panels have been widely used in aircrafts. Accurate failure analysis of them is important for the safety and integrity of the fuselage. During the service period, these panels will bear not only the lateral force caus...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Mechanical Prediction of Composite Laminates)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,554 Views
21 Pages

19 September 2014

Since the introduction of general European rules for the design of aluminium structures, specific rules for the design of aluminum stressed skin panels are available. These design rules have been used for the optimization of two extrusion products: o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the International Aluminium Conference (INALCO) 2013)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,410 Views
18 Pages

20 October 2018

Real-time nondestructive evaluation is critical during composites load testing. Of particular importance is the real time measurement of damage onset, growth, and ultimate failure. When newly formed damage is detected, the loading is stopped for furt...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Non Destructive Testing and Evaluation of Aerospace Composite Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,728 Views
20 Pages

Sustainability-Driven Design of Aircraft Composite Components

  • Angelos Filippatos,
  • Dionysios Markatos,
  • Georgios Tzortzinis,
  • Kaushik Abhyankar and ,
  • Sonia Malefaki,
  • Maik Gude and
  • Spiros Pantelakis
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 January 2024

The current prevailing trend in design across key sectors prioritizes eco-design, emphasizing considerations of environmental aspects in the design process. The present work aims to take a significant leap forward by proposing a design process where...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 13th EASN International Conference on Innovation in Aviation and Space for Opening New Horizons)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,882 Views
21 Pages

Impact and Post-Impact Compression Buckling Behavior of Symmetrical Foam-Filled Hat-Stiffened Panels

  • Da Liu,
  • Zhijia Zheng,
  • Yuhao Shen,
  • Xiao Wei and ,
  • Dawei Wang,
  • Zhongsheng Zhai,
  • Zhenfei Guo,
  • Wei Feng,
  • Shanting Ding and
  • Xuanze Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

9 April 2025

This study investigates the mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of SFHCPs under low-velocity impact and compression after impact (CAI) conditions. Symmetric foam-filled hat-stiffened composite panels (SFHCPs) are widely used in critical load-b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Impact Mechanics of Materials and Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,816 Views
24 Pages

10 December 2020

The aim of operational load monitoring is to make predictions about the remaining usability time of structures, which is extremely useful in aerospace industry where in-service life of aircraft structural components can be maximized, taking into acco...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,146 Views
18 Pages

Emerging Epigenetic Therapies for the Treatment of Cardiac Fibrosis

  • Nerea Garitano,
  • Laura Pilar Aguado-Alvaro and
  • Beatriz Pelacho

Fibrosis is a pathological process characterized by excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, leading to tissue stiffening and organ dysfunction. It is a major contributor to chronic diseases affecting various organs, with limited therapeutic...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genetic Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,357 Views
27 Pages

13 February 2025

Eco-design is an innovative design methodology that focuses on minimizing the environmental footprint of industries, including aviation, right from the conceptual and development stages. However, rising industrial demand calls for a more comprehensiv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 14th EASN International Conference on Innovation in Aviation & Space towards Sustainability Today & Tomorrow)