Elon Musk indicated that the SpaceX Super Heavy Booster will use welded, internal, longitudinal hat stringers [to support its structure when unpressurized]. To the degree it may need hoop stiffness ...

Stringers are attached to the fuselage skin using a robot to weld the thermoplastic composites. Credit: German Aerospace Center DLR A fuselage upper shell made of thermoplastic composites has been ...

Portuguese investigators believe a failure to control the derotation of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 resulted in a heavy nose-gear impact severe enough to buckle the fuselage. The aircraft (N543US ...

Composite material manufacturer begins A380 upper fuselage skin panel deliveries Stork Aerospace is confident its Glare composite material can have much wider uses, as it comes close to completing ...