The significant events which took place during the structural verification testing of two graphite/epoxy material, full-size vertical stabilizers are recounted. The ground test articles are tested to a high bending dynamic lateral gust condition. One lifetime (36,000 flights) of damage tolerance testing was accomplished with the specimen purposely damaged at five locations. A fail-safe loading was performed successfully after simulating lightning strike damage to the fin box cover. A large ...
This is the final report of the Ground Tests (Phase V) conducted on the Advanced Composite Vertical Fin (ACVF) program, for L 1011 Aircraft. The significant elements of this program phase include the design and fabrication of the test fixture and the transition structure, static test of ground Test Article (GTA) No. 1, rework of GTA No. 2, and static, damage tolerance, fail-safe and residual strength tests of GTA No. ...
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