Wednesday, July 04, 2018

If you haven't seen the testing of Boeing wings, you'll be amazed how much they are designed, engineered, and tested to bend without failure or damage.

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  1. That's the 787 wing test that they stopped at 150% of the design load. The 777 failed at 154% of design and Boeing didn't want to snap these composite wings because they were needed for more tests like the 25,000 hour flapping test. There was a lot of excitement at work (Boeing) over this test.

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  2. I remember seeing the video of the 777 test in a programme about the aicraft's design (particularly about how the whole thing was done on one massive computer system). I think it was a BBC Horizon episode.
    Everyone applauded as it reached 150% without failing and then even louder when there was a big bang and collapse at 154%. You want an aircraft to be exactly strong enough for the job. Any stronger and you're just reducing payload (in effect making the plane weaker).
    Tony

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