1.

An experiment on an aeroelastic model of an aircraft wing was performed in a subsonic wind

tunnel and the following angles of twist at the wing tip measured.
at q =0.4 (kN/m
2
) =0.12 (deg)
at q =5.0 (kN/m
2
) =2.85 (deg)
The mode shape of the twist distribution, at all speeds, was found to be f() =2, and the
wing characteristics are c =1/3 (1/2)
0.5
m, s =1.3 m, e =0.1, C
L
/ =4.8 1/rad.
Estimate the divergence speed of the wing.
Assuming GJ() =GJ
0
(1/2)
0.5
, calculate the value of GJ
0
.



2. A three dimensional wing of constant chord , c =1.5 m, and span s =8 m, has a torsional
stiffness of the form GJ() =GJ
0
(1/2)
2
where GJ
0
=20,000 Nm
2
/deg. The elastic axis of
the wing is at 0.35c from the leading edge, and the wings initial incidence of the zero lift
line is given by =5
o
. Taking the effective lift curve slope to be C
L
/ =
0.07(1
2
)/(1M
2
)
0.5
per degree and assuming static pressure p =50,000 N/m
2
and =1.4,
calculate
a. the Mach number at divergence,
b. the wing tip twist at M =0.5.