Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Anne-Laure Lafly

Wolfgang Brochard

Franck Batalla

Henri Leman

An air inlet of a nacelle of an aircraft including a lip having a leading edge configured to split an air flow into interior and exterior air flows, the interior air flow entering the air inlet, an exterior panel, an intermediate panel, interposed between the lip and the exterior panel, having a first edge connected to the lip by at least a first connection and a second edge connected to the exterior panel by at least a second connection, the first connection connecting the first edge of the intermediate panel and the lip comprising at least one butt weld bead having an outer face in the extension of the outer faces of the lip and of the intermediate panel.

Aircraft air inlet comprising at least two walls connected end to end by welding, method for the assembly of such an air inlet, and aircraft comprising at least one such air inlet

An aircraft structural element situated at an interface between a wing and the fuselage, and including a web and profiled elements flanking the web. At least one the profiled element includes a flat part positioned without overlap in the continuation of a flat part of the web and connected thereto by a welded butt joint using friction stir welding.

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Toulouse, France

Anne-Laure Lafly