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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2009
Axel Sauermann, Helmste-Deinste, DE;
Axel Sauermann, Helmste-Deinste, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of connecting two fuselage sections () formed by a fiber-reinforced plastics material, in particular wound fuselage sections () for aircraft fuselage cells, having a multiplicity of stringers () arranged with a uniform distribution at a distance from and parallel to one another on the inner side of an outer skin (), with the formation of a transverse joint (). In order to be able in particular to join together wound CFRP fuselage sections so that simple tolerance compensation is made possible in a continuous, industrial production process, the method according to the invention comprises the following steps: aligning a first and a second fuselage section () with respect to one another, heating and adapting at least one transverse butt strap (), formed by a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, in such a way that tolerance compensation between differing cross-sectional geometries of the first and second fuselage sections () is made possible, or heating at least one end region () of a second fuselage section () formed by a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material, and joining together the two fuselage sections ().