Deutsche Aerospace Airbus Gmbh

Gero Grunwald

Michael Hauschildt

An aircraft structure, such as a wing, is made of fiber composite material and includes a shell structural component also made of fiber composite material. The structural component has at least one access opening closeable by a cover. The shell structural component has a first area containing the access opening closeable by the cover. In the longitudinal direction of the wing the first area is predominantly flexible while a second area surrounding the first area is predominantly stiff, whereby these areas take up different longitudinally effective forces, relative to the length of the wing. Both areas are capable of transferring shear forces in the same manner.

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Gero Grunwald