K-factor for wood aircraft - new design
K-factor for wood aircraft - new design
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Everything I can find on the Internet on K-factors and P-Delta analysis is from Civil Engineering building designs.
Example
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Any recommendations of k-Factors for aircraft fuselage members?
Thanks
Example
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Any recommendations of k-Factors for aircraft fuselage members?
Thanks





RE: K-factor for wood aircraft - new design
Talk to Stan Hall at EAA Chapter 62, he is their technical counselor, he is a retired engineer who has worked for Lockheed, Northrop, and others when aircraft were still built commercially from wood, and has forgotten more about designing wooden aircraft structures than most people know.
B.E.
RE: K-factor for wood aircraft - new design
If you are looking for K factors and another thinks about wood aircraft structures,check ANC-18 "DESIGN of AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES". It ANC Bulletin may help you ( 250 plus pages ).
Cheers !
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RE: K-factor for wood aircraft - new design
That document is hard to find these days. There are some people selling it on EBay for around $30 to $40. I am posting a link to a discussion group where it can be downloaded as a PDF for free. Bear in mind it is 250 pages, so it is a long download on a dial-up modem.
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B.E.