Yes, that is required for carriers with STOVL system. But CATOBAR system springs aircrafts out of AC, resulting quick launch and saves fuel. Also no large wing is required as you donot require lift, you are literally thrown out of AC! So why bigger naval aircraft now?
Because when you use an arrestor wire, you introduce large amount of stresses. The structure must be able to withstand them.
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Here is the same case illustrated with cantilever beams.
Assume M is the moment (also called torque = F.L). The above image shows a small beam element , along whose length the moment increases from M to M+dM.
THE FOLLOWING ASSUMES A CONSTANT DENSITY.
The ability to withstand this moment is depend on the mass (heavier the mass , more "strong") and also how the mass is distributed (is it thin and far away or "tight" and together ) because this is a 3D world baby.
So taking this into account we define the second moment of Area. Which is
Q in the above pic. It is just the product of the area with how far it is. so if 2 m^2 is 2 meter away and 1 m^2 is 4 m away , they have the same moment of area and have similar "strength".
Tau here is the shear stress(stress developed when force is parallel to surface.), I (=mr^2)the moment of Inertia which plays the role of mass. b is length and Q is the moment of area (how mass is distributed).
Key thing to remember is we can apply a force but a stress is actually the reaction to the force developed inside the material. Also when the stress crosses a set limit,called breaking stress (which varies with the material), the material will break. For e.g Human skin breaks at a stress of 20 Mega pascles normal to the skin and most materials break at 60% of that value when applied parallel so 20*.6=12 MPa) For Steel it can be as high as 800 depending on the type. so 60% of that when Shearing (applying force parallel to the surface) so it would fracture at 800*.6=480MPa.
Now since Tau (shear stress) is
directly proportional to Q(increases with increase in Q) and
inversely proportional to I , so you increase I (give more mass) to withstand the arrestor cables and end up decreasing Tau(everything else remaining same) which sounds good (less stress = more strong) but now you have to increase size of wings etc as you need to carry more weight.
which means increase in Q which means increase in Tau(= easier breakdown)
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The designers job is to find a balance between these two.
For more info you can read Timoshenko's beam Theory here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timoshenko_beam_theory
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