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wing strut
Definição1
Primary structural links joining wings of biplane (interplane struts) or bracing high-wing mono-plane diagonally to fuselage (such are actually ties in flight but struts on ground).
Fonte1
GUNSTON, Bill. The Cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
Fonte2
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Human factors digest n.33. Montreal, 1993. (Cir. 245 AN/147).
Contexto
In so doing the left wing rear spar-to-fuselage attachment failed, allowing the wing to pivot forward until failure of the front spar and wing strut attachments occurred.
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