Joseph Weil, Edward C. Polhamus
naca-rm-l51e10a
May 1951
From the structural design standpoint it is obviously desirable to use thick wing sections because, for a given design skin stress, it offers a means of obtaining the greatest structural rigidity at the lowest cost in structural weight. In addition there is the utility of having greater space available within the wing for internal storage. A brief review of the effect of wing thickness and thickness distribution on the high-speed performance and stability characteristics of representative configuration is presented.
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