Preliminary investigation of use of flexible folding wing tips for static and dynamic load alleviation
Preliminary investigation of use of flexible folding wing tips for static and dynamic load alleviation
A. Castrichini,V. H. Siddaramaiah,3 Authors,Y. Lemmens
2016 · DOI: 10.1017/aer.2016.108
Aeronautical Journal · 108 Citations
TLDR
It was found that significant reductions in both the static and dynamic loads were possible, and a 25% increase in span using folding wing-tips resulted in almost no increase in loads.