Late Developments in Airplane Stress-Analysis Methods and Their Effect on Airplane Structures
320011
01/01/1932
- Event
- Content
- RECENT developments disclose the existence of a well-defined tendency toward greater accuracy and thoroughness in airplane stress-analysis methods, which serve only as a link between applied loads and allowable loads. This trend has just begun.“Although we may justly look with pride on the aeronautical achievements thus far accomplished,” the author says, “our knowledge and ability are far from being complete or entirely satisfactory.” Hence, he analyzes several recurrent stress-analysis problems and indicates methods leading to their solution, because these seem to be outstanding in their ability to cause trouble for airplane designers.Better understanding is needed of the peculiarities of aircraft structure; such as lack of rigidity, the nature of inertia loads, the effects of flutter and of engine vibration, and the dangers of stress concentration.
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- 11
- Citation
- Gazley, R., "Late Developments in Airplane Stress-Analysis Methods and Their Effect on Airplane Structures," SAE Technical Paper 320011, 1932, https://doi.org/10.4271/320011.