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The Effects of Kinetic Heating on Aircraft Structures*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2016
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Kinetic heating, which is associated with supersonic flight, is probably the greatest challenge which has confronted the structural engineer, since the design and analysis of affected structures requires a radical extension of current practice. For example, the laws of heat transfer and the effects of high temperature on structural materials become important factors in structural analysis. To obtain a clear appreciation of the situation it is therefore necessary for the designers of the structure to become familiar with these factors, together with certain aspects of boundary layer theory.
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- Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1958
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A lecture given to the Graduates' and Students' Section of the Society on 23rd November 1956.
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