Strips or wedges

Newton Hunt nhunt@jagat.com
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 16:46:04 -0500


Dmsaerts@AOL.COM wrote:

> Hi, Mr Coleman yo wrote:
>
> "I don't have the data, but I do remember the graph of the pitch drop after
>    a pitch raise. The graph showed scallops between the struts. In other words
>    the pitch dropped more between the struts than it did at the struts. This
>    indicates that the plate web flexes, but less where there is the support
>    of the struts."
>
> The reason could be that there is more space between unisons at the struts.
>
> Cyrillus

No, it is because the struts compress less than the webbing.

                                Newton



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