04.1 - Aerospace Grade Materials, Structural Analysis, Fatigue and Damage Tolerance
WING STATIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A COMPOSITE 1:8 S55-X REPLICA
G. Nicolosi¹, A. Lunghitano ¹, S. Lombardi ¹, T. Talamucci¹, A. Caivano¹, N. Simone¹, E. Cestino¹, V. Sapienza, Aeronautical Engineering Consultant, Italy; ¹Politecnico di Torino, Italy
This work presents the designing process and the results of a Wing Static Test carried out on a scale replica of the seaplane S55-X mostly realized by twill carbon fiber. The aim is to test the aircraft structure strength to a 4G pull-up maneuver and validate the FE model.