Introduction to Aircraft Structural Analysis (Elsevier Aerospace Engineering)

566 CHAPTER 20 Wing Spars and Box Beams

Fig.20.4

Effect of taper on the analysis of open and closed section beams.

Further,fromFig.20.4(c),

Px,r=Py,r

δxr

δyr

or,substitutingforPy,rfromEq.(20.9),

Px,r=Pz,r

δxr

δz

(20.10)