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cantilever
- Definição1
- A structure having sufficient internal stiffness to resist a tendency to bend under its own load when supported at one end only.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Nota adicional1
- Modern aircraft wings are cantilever structures. The term is also applied to unbraced undercarriages.
- Subárea1
- Aircraft Structure
- Related Term
- cantilever beam
- cantilever wing
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