Structural Analysis of Composite Aircraft Wing Ribs Designed with Elliptical Cavities

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 191 - 207, 31.12.2023

Tümay Battal Akdoğan İsmail Yasin Sülü

https://doi.org/10.55117/bufbd.1355812

Abstract

It is thought that composite wing ribs designed with different fiber angles compared to wing ribs produced with traditional materials will contribute to the aviation industry. In this study, Carbon-Epoxy, Aramid-Epoxy and Kevlar-Epoxy composite materials with different orientation angles were used for the wing root ribs of the MQ-1B Predator, an unmanned aerial vehicle. Solidworks program was used for three-dimensional designs of rib structures, elliptical discharges of different sizes were made on it to reduce its weight. ANSYS Workbench finite element program was used for modeling and structural analysis of aircraft wing ribs. The layer thickness of the composite rib structures studied is 0.25 mm and they are formed from a six-layer composite plate. The fiber orientation angles in the models are respectively 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° and it was used to be 90°. In the structural analyses of the wing root ribs modeled under aerodynamic load, the equivalent (von Mises) stress and total deformation values occurring in the wing root ribs were examined. As a result of the analyses performed, it has been determined that rib structures with different composite materials and orientation angles exhibit different behaviors under the applied load. It was found that the lowest deformation on the ribs occurred as 0.0084515 mm in the rib with Carbon-Epoxy material with a fiber angle of 0° and the lowest stress occurred as 0.59402 MPa in the rib models with Kevlar-Epoxy material with a fiber angle of 90°.

Keywords

Composite Material, Wing, Rib, Finite Element Methods

Eliptik Boşluklarla Tasarlanmış Kompozit Uçak Kanat Kaburgalarının Yapısal Analizi

Abstract

Geleneksel malzemelerle üretilen kanat kaburgalarına kıyasla farklı fiber açılarıyla tasarlanan kompozit kanat kaburgalarının havacılık endüstrisine katkıda bulunulacağı düşünülmektedir. Bu çalışmada, insansız hava aracı olan MQ-1B Predator’ün kanat kök kaburgaları için farklı oryantasyon açılarına sahip Karbon-Epoksi, Aramid-Epoksi ve Kevlar-Epoksi kompozit malzemeleri kullanılmıştır. Kaburga yapıları üç boyutlu tasarımları için Solidworks programı kullanılmış, ağırlığının azaltılması için üzerinde farklı boyutlarda eliptik boşaltmalar yapılmıştır. Uçak kanat kaburgalarının modellemesi ve yapısal analizleri için ANSYS Workbench sonlu elemanlar programı kullanılmıştır. İncelenen kompozit kaburga yapılarının tabaka kalınlıkları 0,25 mm olup, altı tabakalı kompozit plakadan oluşturulmuştur. Modellerde fiber oryantasyon açıları ise sırasıyla 0°, 15°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 75° ve 90° olacak şekilde kullanılmıştır. Aerodinamik yük altında modellenen kanat kök kaburgaların yapısal analizlerinde kanat kök kaburgalarında meydana gelen eş değer (von Mises) gerilme ve toplam deformasyon değerleri incelenmiştir. Yapılan analizler sonucunda, farklı kompozit malzeme ve oryantasyon açılarına sahip kaburga yapıları uygulanan yükün altında farklı davranışlar sergilediği tespit edilmiştir. Kaburgalar üzerindeki en düşük deformasyon 0° fiber açılı Karbon-Epoksi malzemeli kaburgada modelinde 0,0084515 mm ve en düşük gerilme ise 90° fiber açılı Kevlar-Epoksi malzemeli kaburga modellerinde 0,59402 MPa olarak meydana geldiği tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Kompozit Malzeme, Kanat, Kaburga, Sonlu Elamanlar Metodu

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