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FUSELAGE DESIGN [7 records]

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Record 1 2015-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Ceremonial and Traditions (Military)
CONT

Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft, usually chalked up on the front fuselage, and is a form of aircraft graffiti.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Cérémonial et traditions (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
DEF

A shell-like fuselage design in which the stressed outer skin is used to support the majority of imposed stresses.

OBS

Monocoque fuselage design may include bulkheads but not stringers.

OBS

monocoque fuselage: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

Les fuselages monocoques sont des coquilles dont les parois constituent l'unique structure.

OBS

fuselage monocoque : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
DEF

A flap that can be extended on an aircraft to increase drag and reduce the speed of descent.

CONT

... dive flaps or dive brakes... serve to slow an aircraft in flight. These brakes are used when descending at a steep angle or when approaching the runway for a landing. The brakes themselves are manufactured in many shapes, and their location depends on the design of the aircraft and the purpose of the brakes. The brake panels may be located on certain parts of the fuselage or on the wing surfaces. Brakes on the fuselage are small panels that can be extended into the smooth airflow to create turbulence and drag. Wing-type brakes may be multiple-finger channels extending above and below the wing surfaces to break up smooth airflow. Usually speed brakes are controlled by electrical switches and actuated by hydraulic pressure.

OBS

Used on dive bombers and sailplanes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
DEF

Volet qui, en position sortie, augmente la traînée de l'avion et réduit la vitesse en descente.

CONT

Vol sur T-33 [...] Une autre amélioration était les «Dive brakes» (freins de piqué [...]), deux plaques métalliques qui sortaient sous le fuselage, presque perpendiculairement à l'écoulement de l'air, lorsque le pilote appuyait sur un poussoir situé sur la manette des gaz. Pour se ralentir, c'était très efficace et nécessaire car ces avions ne pouvaient pas passer la vitesse du son mais, en piqué, atteignaient très vite leur Mach critique [...] à partir duquel l'avion commençait à vibrer et à tressauter comme un cheval sauvage [...]

Key term(s)
  • volet frein de piqué

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
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Record 4 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 5 1992-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
CONT

JADC and its members have begun detailed design of the new Boeing 777. Japan has a 20. 8% non-equity stake in the program and will participate in the design, testing and development of the aircraft fuselage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 6 1982-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The fuselage tank test specimen has completed 60, 000 durability cycles, slosh tests are done and the keel beam design has been cleared by the FAA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Le spécimen de réservoir de fuselage utilisé pour les tests a subi 60,000 cycles d'endurance, les essais de ballottement sont achevés et la conception de la poutre principale de la cellule a été approuvée par la FAA.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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