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Geodetic airframe

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A geodesic (or geodetic) airframe is a type of construction for the airframes of aircraft developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis in the 1930s. [1]

27 relations: Aircraft, Aircraft dope, Airframe, Barnes Wallis, Duralumin, Geodesic, Geodesic dome, Geodesy, Hogging and sagging, Joshua Humphreys, Latécoère 6, Linen, Longeron, Original six frigates of the United States Navy, Orthogonality, R100, Space frame, Torsion (mechanics), United Kingdom, USS Constitution, Vickers VC.1 Viking, Vickers Warwick, Vickers Wellesley, Vickers Wellington, Vickers Windsor, Vickers-Armstrongs, Wingspan.

Aircraft

An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

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Aircraft dope

Aircraft dope is a plasticised lacquer that is applied to fabric-covered aircraft (both full-size and flying models).

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Airframe

The airframe of an aircraft is its mechanical structure.

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Barnes Wallis

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979), was an English scientist, engineer and inventor.

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Duralumin

Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium, duralum, dural(l)ium, or dural) is a trade name for one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium alloys.

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Geodesic

In differential geometry, a geodesic is a generalization of the notion of a "straight line" to "curved spaces".

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Geodesic dome

A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron.

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Geodesy

Geodesy, also known as geodetics, is the earth science of accurately measuring and understanding three of Earth's fundamental properties: its geometric shape, orientation in space, and gravitational field.

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Hogging and sagging

Hogging and sagging describe the shape of a beam or similar long object when loading is applied.

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Joshua Humphreys

Joshua Humphreys (June 17, 1751 – January 12, 1838) was an American ship builder and naval architect.

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Latécoère 6

The Latécoère 6 was a French four-engined biplane bomber of the early 1920s.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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Longeron

In engineering, a longeron is a load-bearing component of a framework.

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Original six frigates of the United States Navy

The United States Congress authorized the original six frigates of the United States Navy with the Naval Act of 1794 on March 27, 1794, at a total cost of $688,888.82.

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Orthogonality

In mathematics, orthogonality is the generalization of the notion of perpendicularity to the linear algebra of bilinear forms.

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R100

His Majesty's Airship R100, known simply as R100, was a privately designed and built British rigid airship made as part of a two-ship competition to develop a commercial airship service for use on British Empire routes as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme.

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Space frame

In architecture and structural engineering, a space frame or space structure is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern.

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Torsion (mechanics)

In the field of solid mechanics, torsion is the twisting of an object due to an applied torque.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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USS Constitution

USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution.

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Vickers VC.1 Viking

The Vickers VC.1 Viking was a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited at Brooklands near Weybridge in Surrey.

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Vickers Warwick

The Vickers Warwick was a multi-purpose twin-engined British aircraft developed and operated during the Second World War.

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Vickers Wellesley

The Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, for the Royal Air Force.

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.

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Vickers Windsor

The Vickers Windsor was a Second World War British four-engine heavy bomber, designed by Barnes Wallis and Rex Pierson at the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands.

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Vickers-Armstrongs

Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927.

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Wingspan

The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodetic_airframe

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