The design,construction and test of a postbuckled, carbon fibre reinforced plastic wing box

A postbuckled, carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) wing box has been designed, manufactured and tested for an aerobatic light aircraft, the Cranfield Al. Methods of analysis have been evaluated including: i) Non-linear finite element analysis for the prediction o-f panel postbuckling. ii) A simpl...

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Main Author: Brooks, W. G.
Other Authors: Young, J. B.
Language:en
Published: Cranfield University 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3292