THE purpose of this paper is to pass on to airplane designers the things that have been learned in the last year about flutter and vibration of structures to which control surfaces are attached in order that, benefiting by all experience available, this great source of danger in new designs may be controlled.Test pilots also should be interested in this subject because it may help them in deciding proper action when a case of flutter is encountered and to recognize vibrations which may lead to destructive flutter.The present-day methods of stress analyses, imperfect though they are in certain respects, and the design load-factors in current use are adequate to provide all the strength needed in airplane structures for flight in rough air, and for all necessary maneuvers. A review of structural failures in the air reveals the fact that a resonant vibration was in nearly all cases responsible.


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    Title :

    Airplane Vibrations and Flutter Controllable by Design


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers ; 1906



    Publication date :

    1933-01-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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