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Structural Testing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Extract

Structural testing has always been an art as well as a science but never more so than at present. Even though knowledge in relation to design and stressing has increased, testing is still a vital feature. This increase in knowledge has been accompanied by more complex problems particularly in relation to the need for environmental testing with the advent of supersonic and hypersonic aircraft, VTOL aircraft, rockets, guided missiles and space vehicles.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1968 

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