LAMINATED COMPOSITE RADIUS FILLER WITH GEOMETRIC SHAPED FILLER ELEMENT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME

摘要

A laminated composite radius filler for a composite structure has a stacked ply assembly having a plurality of stacks of laminate radius tiller plies cut to a desired width and having a desired ply orientation. The laminated composite radius filler further has a geometric shaped filler element positioned at a desired location on a first portion of the stacked ply assembly. The geometric shaped tiller element deforms a second portion of the stacked ply assembly stacked over the geometric shaped filler element, such that the laminate radius filler plies of the second portion of the stacked ply assembly change direction and have a component of direction including a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The laminated composite radius tiller having a shape substantially corresponding to a radius filler region of the composite structure.