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Notes on the Mean Aerodynamic Chord and the Mean Aerodynamic Centre of a Wing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

A. H. Yates
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Summary

The relations between the various reference chords used in reports on the loading of wings (standard mean chord, mean aerodynamic chord, centroid of area chord, and so on) are reviewed. Formulae are given for the position on these reference chords of the mean aerodynamic centre of certain simple “ additional” load distributions. References to convenient methods of calculating the load distribution on an arbitrary wing are also given.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 56 , Issue 498 , June 1952 , pp. 461 - 474
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1952

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