Carbon Composites in Aerospace Application - A Comprehensive Review
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Abstract
There has been a huge change in the aerospace industry due to using carbon composites as a primary manufacturing component. The aerospace industry is now using more than 50% carbon composites as a primary design product in aircraft. The weight of the aircraft and its fuel consumption can be minimized by using carbon fiber composites in the design of the aircraft. Affordability is a very important aspect of the aerospace industry; using carbon composites makes manufacturing civil, cargo, and military aircraft easier, with the help of carbon fiber, making the aircraft more lightweight. The aerospace industry recently launched two aircraft, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350 XWB, in which more than 50 to 53% carbon fiber is used as a primary design product. By using carbon fiber, the improvement in the overall efficiency of an aircraft is observed. This paper aims to review the applications of carbon fiber and find carbon composites are effective in the applications of the aerospace industry.