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X-51 Composite Airframe, Brendon J. Townshend
X-51 Composite Airframe, Brendon J. Townshend
Aerospace Engineering
This paper gives an overview of the progress that has been made in the design build of the X-51. The X-51 is a composite scale replica of a P-51D fuselage integrated with a P-51H wing. Issues with the airframe as well as current action items are discussed, as well as findings so far in preliminary design.
Design, Fabrication, Structural Testing, And Numerical Analysis Of A Small Scale Composite Wing, Jacob David Gaunt, Juan Carlos Flores, Vincent Andrew Perry
Design, Fabrication, Structural Testing, And Numerical Analysis Of A Small Scale Composite Wing, Jacob David Gaunt, Juan Carlos Flores, Vincent Andrew Perry
Aerospace Engineering
A small scale composite wing based on a design found on an experimental aircraft was designed, constructed, and tested dynamically and statically. The wing was constructed similarly to an experimental aircraft wing. The performed static test was intended to produce pure bending. Strain gages were used to measure strains on the wing structure. The strains were converted to stresses to aid in analysis. The static test results suggested that the wing was actually under torsion. Four structural modes were found from the static test. A finite element analysis model was made to compare experimental results to numerical analytical results. The …