The Boeing Company
Stiffened-cavity for modular wrap ply assembly for hat stringer

Abstract:

A hat-shaped stringer includes wrap of at least one composite ply which includes cap portion and first flange which extends from a first side of the cap portion and second flange which extends from a second side of the cap portion, wherein the cap portion defines a recess positioned between the first and second flanges. Further included is a first composite wall which extends in a first direction along a first plane within the recess, wherein the first plane intersects the cap portion and intersects a skin positioned between the first and second flanges to which first and second flanges are secured and opposing sides of the first composite wall are spaced apart from the cap portion. First composite wall is connected to a second composite wall, which extends along the cap portion, are a portion, for example, of a triangular formation having radial portions.