ONE PIECE INLET LIP SKIN DESIGN

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide structurally simpler means of stiffening lip skins without aerodynamic impacts.SOLUTION: An aircraft engine inlet incorporates a lip skin 24 having a skin web 25 with a plurality of stiffeners 34 integrally extending from the skin web. An aft edge land 30 integrally extends from the skin web at an outer rim, and an inner edge land 32 integrally extends from the skin web at an inner rim. A central land 36 integrally extends from the skin web with the plurality of stiffeners extending between the aft edge land and the central land.