Apparatus, system and method of joining structural components with a tapered tension bond joint

摘要

A system of composite and adhesive materials provides for a high strength, producible closeout joint in the form of tapered tension bond joint for high performance structures. The system includes one skin that is co-bonded to flat panel spars, with the joint being positioned at the opposite side of the spars. The spar includes a female receptacle (75) that receives a male blade (43) from the closeout skin assembly. The blade (43) and receptacle (75) are wedge-shaped woven preforms (37a,37b). The flat panel spars have imbedded nut elements (51) that serve as "internal tooling" to provide a positive stop for locating and clamping the structural members together.