Fibre Metal Laminates - An Introduction

von Ad Vlot Kategorie: Allgemein ISBN: 1402000383 Kommentar abgeben

Synopsis Fibre metal laminates were developed at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, from the beginning of the 1980s. This is a new family of hybrid materials consisting of thin metal layers bonded together by fibres embedded in an adhesive. As a result of this build-up, fibre metal laminates possess a mixture of the characteristics of both metals and composite materials. Initial development led to the "Arall" variant using aramid fibres, which was first applied on the C-17 military transport aircraft around 1990. Large-scale application became possible with a variant using glass fibres, dubbed "Glare", which was selected for the Airbus A380 super jumbo in 2001.