A fatigue test on a sailplane wing

Authors

  • Stefan Nystrom The City College of the City University of New York
  • H. Mai

Keywords:

Testing, Materials

Abstract

In 1976-77 a full-scale fatigue test on a sailplane wing was carried out.... The wing was of glass fibre construction...  The fatigue testing program covered a flight time of 4000 hours with a safety factor four...

Author Biography

Stefan Nystrom, The City College of the City University of New York

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~hindman/sumvitae.pdf

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Published

2018-01-08

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