Daniel Savitsky
naca-tn-1690
Sep 1948
A simplified analytical method for predicting the time history of the accelerations along the wing of an airplane during landing impact is presented and compared with wing-tip-acceleration data obtained from full-scale landing tests of a small seaplane.
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