REFLECTOR: Gear leg stress

[Al Gietzen]

Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Gear leg stress

 

Composites behave in different ways, and may in this case, but the tension
seen when the legs splay somewhat during the backing process should be well
within the acceptable deflection range for the legs and would not be near
the tensile strength of the legs where they start to deform permanently.
Assuming proper lay up and cure, the legs should be able to remain deflected
without taking a new 'set'.

 

For ambient temperatures in the hangar, that's my thinking as well.  Should
be well within the elastic limit.

But then there are other things that seem to change over the years - like
door fit-up; so it makes a person wonder.

 

Al

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