Advanced taoplane designs and repair mechanisms for the semirigid airship Zepplin NT

Thomas Kuhn, Ulrich Berger, Michael Lang, Horst Baier

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Abstract

The Zeppelin NT is a semi rigid airship, produced by Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH (ZLT) in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It uses three identical tailplanes in an inverted V-arrangement for steering. These tailplanes are built in a stiffened, thin and light CFRP-sandwich shell construction. For this tailplane concept the Institute for Lightweight Structures (LLB) at Technical University of Munich, Germany, has developed an In-Situ monitoring method, based on LAMB-waves, to detect damages due to hailstone impacts. Alternatively, the LLB has researched advanced tailplane designs - to improve resistance to hailstones and to reduce mass versus the current tailplanes - as well as repair mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCollection of Technical Papers - AIAA 5th ATIO and the AIAA 16th Lighter-than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference
Pages1587-1598
Number of pages12
StatePublished - 2005
EventAIAA 5th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, ATIO and the AIAA 16th Lighter-than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference - Arlington, VA, United States
Duration: 26 Sep 200528 Sep 2005

Publication series

NameCollection of Technical Papers - AIAA 5th ATIO and the AIAA 16th Lighter-than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference
Volume3

Conference

ConferenceAIAA 5th Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, ATIO and the AIAA 16th Lighter-than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityArlington, VA
Period26/09/0528/09/05

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