United States : NASA Delivers Futuristic Aircraft Part to Virginia for Structural Testing

The large test article, representing the uniquely shaped fuselage cross-section, is made out of a low-weight, damage-tolerant, stitched composite structural concept called Pultruded Rod Stitched Efficient Unitized Structure, or PRSEUS. Langley's Combined Loads Test System will subject the revol...

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Published inMENA Report
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Camden Disco Digital Media, Inc 09.12.2014
Subjects
Aircraft
Energy consumption
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ISSN2219-0112

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Summary:The large test article, representing the uniquely shaped fuselage cross-section, is made out of a low-weight, damage-tolerant, stitched composite structural concept called Pultruded Rod Stitched Efficient Unitized Structure, or PRSEUS. Langley's Combined Loads Test System will subject the revolutionary carbon-fiber architecture test article to conditions that simulate loads typically encountered in flight.
ISSN:2219-0112