The Insane Engineering of the 787
Watch the 60 minute Nebula version here: https://nebula.app/videos/real-engineering-the-insane-engineering-of-the-787 Sign up to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realengineering Links to everything I do: https://beacons.ai/brianmcmanus Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Co-Writer: Sophia Mayet Editor: Dylan Hennessy Animator: Mike Ridolfi Sound: Graham Haerther References: [1] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-celebrates-787-delivery-as-programs-costs-top-32-billion/ [2] https://discovercomposites.com/transportation/commercial-aircraft/. [3] https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-a-composite-material#WhataretheAdvantagesofCompositeMaterials [4] https://www.flightglobal.com/analysis-boeing-matches-787-cabin-pressure-in-777x-cabin-revamp/113926.article#:~:text=That%20formula%20has%20changed%20slightly,pressure%20altitude%20of%20the%20777. [5] https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/air-altitude-pressure-d_462.html [6] https://yenaengineering.nl/what-is-metal-fatigue/ [7] https://www.boeing.com/features/2019/12/787-1st-flight-anniversary-12-19.page [8] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA160718.pdf [9] https://www.flightglobal.com/787-design-highlights-systems-and-materials/102094.article [10] This reference provides “ultimate elongation at failure”, but carbon fibre doesn’t really have a plastic zone, the fibres just break. https://3937524.app.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=172313&c=3937524&h=dab869f57f81854c6a97&_xt=.pdf [11] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA506416.pdf [12] https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2010-03-28-Boeing-Completes-Ultimate-Load-Wing-Test-on-787 [13] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/787/by-design/#/smooth-wing-technology [14] http://www.galexander.org/dreamliner.html [15] https://books.google.com/books?id=iLwfAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA4&lpg=RA2-PA4&dq=:+low+aspect+ratios+have+a+greater+useful+internal+volume&source=bl&ots=78TvsnttaO&sig=ACfU3U3_VTRvs5rcomQBn79CMxBXaZ1sCw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp0pX62IvyAhXOQs0KHemPBWUQ6AEwE3oECCMQAw#v=onepage&q=%3A%20low%20aspect%20ratios%20have%20a%20greater%20useful%20internal%20volume&f=false [16] Page 274 https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123973085/general-aviation-aircraft-design [17] https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/218682887/Final_Copy_2019_11_28_Othman_M_PhD.pdf [18] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/hybrid-laminar-flow-control [19] Page 15 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19990052585/downloads/19990052585.pdf [20] https://www.flightglobal.com/farnborough-aero-secrets-of-boeings-new-dreamliner/113955.article [21] https://www.corrosionpedia.com/galvanic-corrosion-of-metals-connected-to-carbon-fiber-reinforced-polymers/2/1556 [22] https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2120&context=etd [23] https://www.corrosionpedia.com/an-introduction-to-the-galvanic-series-galvanic-compatibility-and-corrosion/2/1403 [24] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304361604579292333739357034 [25] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-787-titanium-insight/boeing-looks-at-pricey-titanium-in-bid-to-stem-787-losses-idUSKCN0PY1PL20150724 [26a] https://www.norsktitanium.com/ [26b] https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170410005330/en/Norsk-Titanium-to-Deliver-the-World%E2%80%99s-First-FAA-Approved-3D-Printed-Structural-Titanium-Components-to-Boein [27] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452321616304139 [28] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352492818301740 [29] https://airinsight.com/boeing-787-grounded-week-lightning-strike/ [30] https://reports.aviation-safety.net/1963/19631208-0_B701_N709PA.pdf [31] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-engineers-objected-to-boeings-removal-of-some-787-lightning-protection-measures/ [32] https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/aeat.2007.12779fad.007/full/html [33] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_3.html. Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung
