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The aim of this work is to verify functionality of an aircraft strut made of carbon fiber laminate. This goal was achieved in several steps. The aircraft strut model was manufactured and used for two types of mechanical tests. Prior to the tests, FEM simulations had been executed. The simulations predicted the failure mechanism correctly and offered good estimation of critical load. The functionality of the aircraft strut was verified.

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The article introduces a numerical and experimental work to analyse the behaviour of a specific light sculpture element in a wind-load. It starts with a static analysis, which moves to a simplified unsteady analysis followed by a real experiment in a wind channel. The numerical part was not able to provide all necessary information about the light sculpture element behaviour. The experimental part was done to determine the real behaviour of the sculpture element under specified wind conditions.