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Note on the Distortion Characteristics of Swept and Cranked Wings in Relation to Flutter and Other Aeroelastic Phenomena
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2016
Summary
The parts played by calculation, and by resonance tests on simplified scale models, in obtaining the normal modes of an aeroplane with wings of unorthodox plan forms are discussed on the basis that the normal modes are the best means of defining the elastic-inertia characteristics of an aircraft for the purpose of flutter investigations.
Methods of simplifying the model for ease and cheapness of construction are put forward.
The radical difference between the effects of shear-lag and of ordinary bending-shear flexibility is described, and an approximate method of allowing for the latter effect is indicated.
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