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    Wing strut compressive load test.

    This backhoe trailer was used to test several wing truss and tail boom mock-up components. It was also used as an anvil to hammer out wing trailing edges. It's a handy work bench. The wing strut mock-up is attached, at one end, to the top of the A-frame. The other end is attached to the wing...
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    Shear flow in wing box and single strut

    Hi all, I have been thinking on the subject for a while but couldn’t make an approach for hand calculations, Any recommendations are welcome, how does a single strut attached to front spar affect the shear flow in the box due to torsion, Do you think that shifting the elastic axis linearly...
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    Composite spar to metal strut join

    I'm puzzled by the way to join a composite box spar to the strut hinge fitting. Unfortunately most composite wings are cantilevered so there's little info around. If you do it in glass fiber you have to overdimension it for all the possible stress concentration around the hinge bolt. If you do...
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