Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation

David F Bertino

Ken K Yasui

David H Hamilton

Krishna Hoffman

Four sheet SPF/DB panels having thick perpendicular webs formed between face sheets for areas of high compressive stress while other areas have relatively thinner webs so that the overall weight of the panel is not excessive. The thick webs are constructed by welding doubler strips or grids to core sheets when the core sheets are welded together into a core assembly prior to panel formation. When the core assembly so formed is superplastically deformed, the outer edges of the doubler strips bond to the face sheet and then are stretched into the centers of the thick webs, thereby thickening them for additional compressive strength. Normally such are used to reinforce edge joints between panels or supporting structure.

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Hermosa Beach, CA, United States of America

David F Bertino