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Structural design and analysis of a BWB military cargo transport fuselage

  • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

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Abstract

As a response to growing needs of airlifting capability, an ultra heavy lifting Blended Wing Body military cargo transport is proposed. The BWB configurations holds a major technical challenge in its center body structure resisting both cabin pressurization and wing bending loads. A Columned Multi Bubble Fuselage (CMBF) is introduced and analyzed for the wide and continuous cabin area. It replaces inter-cabin walls of the existing configuration with a series of columns to prevent the mission interruptions. In the initial development analysis, it was found that the CMBF has a significant weight advantages. The paper presents the preliminary structural design and its analysis results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit
StatePublished - 2008
Event46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Reno, NV, United States
Duration: Jan 7 2008Jan 10 2008

Publication series

Name46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Conference

Conference46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityReno, NV
Period01/7/0801/10/08

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