Senior Project, Aero 461/462

A Sailplane Wing Constructed of Foam Core and Polyester Fiberglass Skin

1973
Aeronautical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University

First place AIAA Western Technical Paper
AIAA Paper No. 74-258
submitted to AIAA 10th Annual Meeting
Washington D.C., January, 1974
but not published

Summary

The results from a stress analysis of a thin skin, foam core, high aspect ratio wind indicate a possible method of constructing sailplane wings, The analysis includes an approximation of the maximum core and skin shear stress, a computer program to evaluate the stress distribution and displacements of a thin walled unsymmetrical tapered cylinder, and the accountablity of creep. Download full report (pdf, 9.7M), A Sailplane Wing Constructed of Foam Core and Polyester Fiberglass Skin


Ronald D. Kriz
College of Engineering
Virginia Tech
http://www.esm.rkriz.net/ugr/seniorproj.html

Revised December 10, 2004