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    DYNAMIC STABILITY OF STRUCTURESt Nicuo.as J. Horr Stanford University, Stanford, California Abstract Dynamic stability is defined and clasified, and examples are given for the various clasts of problems. Criteria are developed for practical stability and itis shown that in @ practical elastic column tested in a con. ventional testing machine stress reversal always precedes the attainment of the maximum load, The two coincide, Fhowever, in the Timit when the inital deviations of the column axis from straightness and the loading speed tend to 2er0, ‘TRODUCTION ‘THIRTY-FIVE years ago, when he was working in the airplane industry, the author became aware of the importance of dynamic stability. As a beginning engineer, he had to carry out the complete dynamic, aerodynamic, and structural analysis of a new training plane which was then being designed by four of his equally inexperienced colleagues. It may be of interest to add that in one year’s time the design and analysis were completed and the prototype manufactured and successfully test flown; the story of the difficulties en- countered is not part of the present paper. In accordance with governmental airworthiness requirements, the static stability of the straight-line flight of the plane had to be checked under climbing, horizontal flying and gliding conditions. This was done by plotting first against the angle of attack the aerodynamic wing moments with respect to an axis through the center of gravity of the airplane perpendicular to the plane of symmetry of the airplane. The curve obtained always indicates instability for the conventional airplane: If the angle of attack x of the wing is increased, the aerodynamic wing moment M also increases (see Fig. 1):t Fic. 1. Change in moment equilibrium of airplane in consequence of change in angle of attack.t + This paper was prepared under Contract Nont-225(30) sponsored at Stanford University by the Office of Naval Research of the US. Navy. 4 Some of the serodynamic and inertia forces necessary for dynamic equilibrium are not shown in the figure

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