Aircraft Structures (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

Stillrelevantdecadesafterits1950publication,thislegendaryreferencetextonaircraftstressanalysisisconsideredthebestbookonthesubject.Itemphasizesbasicstructuraltheory,whichremainsunchangedwiththedevelopmentofnewmaterialsandconstructionmethods,andtheapplicationoftheelementaryprinciplesofmechanicstotheanalysisofaircraftstructures.Suitableforundergraduatestudents,thisvolumecoversequilibriumofforces,spacestructures,inertiaforcesandloadfactors,shearandbendingstresses,andbeamswithunsymmetricalcrosssections.Additionaltopicsincludespanwiseair-loaddistribution,externalloadsontheairplane,jointsandfittings,deflectionsofstructures,andspecialmethodsofanalysis.Topicsinvolvingaknowledgeofaerodynamicsappearinfinalchapters,allowingstudentstostudytheprerequisiteaerodynamicstopicsinconcurrentcourses.