On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 04:45:16PM -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > Wow ... when it broke, it broke ... interesting test. I wonder if the > 'rate' of flex is important, not just the amount of flex? They were > bending the wing pretty slowly ... > They would run the test slowly for a number of reasons. First, test machines are built for creating large loads not setting speed records. Second, the manufacturer wants the wing to last as long as possible and adding dynamic effects (generally) only makes matters worse.
You should see the tests that jet engines are subjected to. -- James (Jay) Treacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
