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Assertion (A): The ground-air-ground cycle is a major contributor to wing fatigue damage.

Reason (R): It reverses the wing bending completely, once per flight.

Select the correct answer from the options below.

  • A.A is false but R is true
  • B.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  • C.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • D.A is true but R is false

Answer: B

Both are true and the second is the reason for the first. A full reversal from ground droop to flight load produces a large stress range, and stress range is what drives crack growth. One such cycle per flight accumulates rapidly over tens of thousands of flights.

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