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Dimensional stability isn't irrelevant to planes. Thermal cycling is inevitable when going from the ground to cruising altitude and back.
by toast0 1y ago
Dimensional stability isn't irrelevant to planes. Thermal cycling is inevitable when going from the ground to cruising altitude and back.
- kmacdough 1y agoCertainly would be better to laminate IF you're using wood. But it's still got a long road ahead. Aluminum still has a higher strength/weight ratio which is everything in aero. Also, I'm not finding any information on cyclic strain behavior. Dimensional stability is only part of that. Edit: There could be room for this in experimental aircraft. Once we tease out all the failure modes and properly characterize cyclic behaviorof course.