FLIGHT LOADS MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED FROM CALIBRATED STRAIN-GAGE BRIDGES MOUNTED EXTERNALLY ON THE SKIN OF A LOW-ASPECT-RATIO WING

摘要

Flight-test measurements of wing loads (shear, bending moment, and torque) were obtained by means of strain-gage bridges mounted on the exterior surface of a low-aspect-ratio, thin, swept wing which had a structural skin, full-depth honeycomb core, sandwich construction. Details concerning the strain-gage bridges, the calibration procedures used, and the flight-test results are presented along with some pressure measurements and theo­retical calculations for comparison purposes.