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Airbus (sas)

Airbus Group Sas

Jean-Mathieu Guimard

Michel Bermudez

Didier Mesnage

Bruno Thomas

Frederick Cavaliere

Frédérick Cavaliere

An aircraft fuselage including a fuselage skin, cross-members supporting a floor of the aircraft, wherein the fuselage includes a multifunctional substructure fixed to at least one of the cross-members in a lowered part of the cross-member. The multifunctional substructure comprises: at least one duct of an air distribution system having a substantially rectangular section at the location of the at least one cross-member and having lateral walls of the duct that are substantially vertical; a seat fixing track or a stiffener fixed on a first lateral wall of the duct of the multifunctional substructure, and; a seat fixing track or a stiffener fixed on a second lateral wall, opposite the first lateral wall, of the duct of the multifunctional substructure.

Fuselage and aircraft including an air distribution multifunctional substructure and assembly method

An aircraft fuselage structure, includes a circumferential reinforcing frame () and a plurality of stringers () substantially perpendicular to the frame. The frame includes a mechanically weakened area able to cause its localized buckling under the effect of a compressive force exerted circumferentially thereon. The structure includes an energy absorbing device () having two effector members () secured to the frame respectively on either side of the weakened area, and a central core () maintained between the effector members such that a reduction in the distance between the effector members produces a deformation of the central core, which is able to absorb energy under the effect of the deformation.

Aircraft fuselage structure comprising an energy absorbing device

A structural part dissipates energy delivered during an impact that compresses the part along an axis Z, including a web having two opposite surfaces. The part includes: a through-window extending between the opposite surfaces of the web, dividing the web into a first portion and a second portion respectively, arranged in series along the Z axis; and an energy-dissipation device, including a cutting element arranged within the window and able to cut at least one of the portions of the web into strips as a result of a compressive force exerted on the part along the Z axis, and an element for clearing away the strips thus formed.

Structural part having the ability to dissipate energy

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Jean-Mathieu Guimard