Introduction to Aircraft Structural Analysis, Second Edition, is an essential resource for learning aircraft structural analysis. Based on the author's best-selling text Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students, this brief book covers the basics of structural analysis as applied to aircraft structures.
Coverage of elasticity, energy methods, and virtual work sets the stage for discussions of airworthiness/airframe loads and stress analysis of aircraft components. Numerous worked examples, illustrations, and sample problems show how to apply the concepts to realistic situations.
This text is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of aerospace and aeronautical engineering as well as for professional development and training courses.
Coverage of elasticity, energy methods, and virtual work sets the stage for discussions of airworthiness/airframe loads and stress analysis of aircraft components. Numerous worked examples, illustrations, and sample problems show how to apply the concepts to realistic situations.
This text is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of aerospace and aeronautical engineering as well as for professional development and training courses.
Table of Contents
Part A: Fundamentals of Structural Analysis1. Basic Elasticity
2. 2D Problems in Elasticity
3. Torsion of Solid Sections
4. Virtual Work and Energy Methods
5. Energy Methods
6. Matrix Methods
7. Bending of Thin Plates
8. Columns
9. Thin Plates
Part B: Analysis of Aircraft Structures
10. Materials
11. Structural Components of Aircraft
12. Airworthiness
13. Airframe Loads
14. Fatigue
15. Bending of Open, Closed, and Thin Walled Beams
16. Shear of Beams
17. Torsion of Beams
18. Combined Open and Closed Section Beams
19. Structural Idealization
20. Wing Spars and Box Beams
21. Fuselages
22. Wings
23. Fuselage frames and wing ribs
