Wrapped Tow Reinforced Truss Structures: Progress, Performance, and Prospects

Ben K S Woods

Wrapped Tow Reinforced Truss Structures: Progress, Performance, and Prospects

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The Wrapped Tow Reinforced (WrapToR) truss manufacturing process allows for low cost, scalable manufacturing of high structural efficiency composite truss structures. The technology, originally developed in 2009, has since been under development at the University of Bristol, where significant progress has been made in the manufacturing of WrapToR trusses, numerical tools for predicting and improving structural performance, and WrapToR based Hierarchical Space Frames (WrapToR-HSFs). The concept has also been expanded into other structural forms with new capabilities. The very high levels of structural performance achieved motivate wider uptake, and key focus areas for future work are identified.

Original language	English
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2023
Event	Aerospace Europe Conference 2023 - 10th EUCASS, 9th CEAS - Lausanne, Switzerland Duration: 9 Jul 2023 → 13 Jul 2023 https://eucass-ceas-2023.eu/

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Conference	Aerospace Europe Conference 2023 - 10th EUCASS, 9th CEAS
Abbreviated title	EUCASS-CEAS 2023
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Lausanne
Period	9/07/23 → 13/07/23
Internet address	https://eucass-ceas-2023.eu/

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