摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce significant expense in drilling holes, deburring, sealing and fitting of nuts and bolts and reduce weight added by the nuts and bolts, by eliminating bolting in formation of a wing box section.SOLUTION: A modular structural assembly to form part of an aircraft wing that has an outer skin and a plurality of stringers is disclosed. The assembly includes a plurality of panels 7, each panel having a portion that forms part of the outer skin and at least one stringer 9 integrally formed with said portion. To increase wing stiffness and load carrying capacity, a cover plate 11 is attached to and extends between upper ends 10 of adjacent stringers 9 so as to form an enclosed cell 12 bounded by the outer skin portion 8, the stringers 9 and the cover plate 11. |