Ulf Breuer has studied mechanical engineering at the
universities of Darmstadt, Manchester und Kaiserslautern, where he graduated in
1993. After his military service he worked as scientific assistant at the
Institute of Composite Materials in Kaiserslautern. After he received his
doctorate degree from the University of Kaiserslautern in 1997, he accepted a
position at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), where he worked on the
development of advanced composite wing structures. In 1999 he joined Airbus and
worked as a project leader of new high lift devices structure technology. In
2002 he accepted the position as head of composite technology Airbus Germany,
in which he was responsible for material and process development and
qualification. From 2006 to 2010 he was leading the fuselage structure
development for future aircraft at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse. In 2010
he received a call from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern for a full
professorship on composite technologyas well as for the management of the
Institute of Composite Materials. Ulf Breuer holds various airframe patents and
has published textbooks and scientific papers on composite technology. He is an active member of the DGM
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde), the DGLR (Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Luft-und Raumfahrt-Lilienthal-Oberth e.V.) and the VDI (Verein Deutscher
Ingenieure).

All state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies are described, including future perspectives

Some key aspects of advanced CFRP design for primary load carrying airframe structures are described, including examples

Provides tangible examples of composite airframe structures, highlighting specific advantages of composites and their anisotropy

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Introduction.- Requirements, development and certification process.- Material technology.- Manufacturing technology.- Testing.- Repair.- Flap design studies.- Tailored wing design.- New developments.