Effects of rate and duration of loading on the strength of aircraft structures

dc.contributor.author	K. D. Raithby	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-21T15:52:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-21T15:52:34Z
dc.date.issued	1949	en_US
dc.identifier.other	ARC/R&M-2736	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826.2/3284
dc.description.abstract	The effects of rate and duration of loading on the structural strength of aircraft have been investigated by comparing the failing loads of both wooden and metal tailplanes when tested at different rates of loading, the duration of test varying from about 6 seconds to 3¾ hours. With wooden structures, differences in strength due to rate of loading were much less than those predicted from the results of American tests on wood. With metal structures neither rate of loading nor sustained high loading had any appreciable effect on the failing load.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Aeronautical Research Council Reports & Memoranda	en_US
dc.title	Effects of rate and duration of loading on the strength of aircraft structures	en_US