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Record 1 2009-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

A wing that is not linked to the fuselage by means of a mast or bracing wire.

CONT

The most common current wing design is the cantilever. A single large beam, called the main spar, runs through the wing, typically nearer the leading edge at about 25 percent of the total chord. In flight, the wings generate lift, and the wing spars are designed to carry this load through the fuselage to the other wing. To resist fore and aft movement, the wing will usually be fitted with a second smaller drag-spar nearer the trailing edge, tied to the main spar with structural elements or a stressed skin. The wing must also resist twisting forces, done either by a monocoque "D" tube structure forming the leading edge, or by the aforementioned linking two spars in some form of box beam or lattice girder structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
DEF

Aile qui n'est pas reliée au fuselage par un mât ou un hauban.

CONT

En aéronautique, on appelle une «aile cantilever», un système de voilure développé vers le milieu des années 1910 selon un principe permettant d'éviter les haubans (générateurs de traînée perturbatrice) auxquels la voilure des premiers avions était suspendue. L'un des premiers à avoir mis au point ce principe était Levavasseur sur son avion Antoinette monobloc.

OBS

La voilure désigne l'ensemble des ailes. Chaque aile prise individuellement est appelée demi-voilure.

OBS

aile cantilever; aile en porte-à-faux : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Key term(s)
  • aile en porte à faux
  • demi-voilure en porte-à-faux
  • demi voilure en porte à faux
  • demi voilure en porte-à-faux

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

One of the three surfaces left uncovered by the binding. Called, respectively, top, bottom and fore edge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Chacun des trois côtés (tête, queue, gouttière) d'un volume.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
OBS

SLAT-A section of the wing leading edge which is free to move fore and aft on tracks. When the section is at a high angle of attack, the local suction at the wing leading edge creates a chordwise force downward which actuates the slat. The slat falls within the contour of the wing leading edge when closed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
OBS

rail de bec : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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