Development of a Mass Estimating Relationship Database for ...

1.0 Wing
= 0.88 – for cold composite
= 0.92 – for titanium composite
K ps – panel stiffness factor = 1.92 – for ceramic TPS, 1.0 – otherwise
K dc – design concept factor = 0.97 – for thick truss structure design, 1.0 – otherwise
K dw – discontinuous wing structural penalty = 0.0 – for continuous wing/carry-thru structures
1
= ( M
wing _ box
− M
)
continuous wing _ box
3
discontinuous
− for discontinuous wing/carry-thru structures
M
1.275
wing _ misc
= 0.1716Sexp
0. 564
−0.2098
⎛ bbody
⎞
⎜ ⎟
⎝ bexp
⎠
b body – maximum width of vehicle body
b exp – Exposed wing span = wing span less b body
M = 6 +
wing _ extensions
( S S )
strakes
TEextensions
S strakes – planform area of wing strakes
S TEextensions – planform area of trailing edge extensions
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