Introduction to Aircraft Structural Analysis

Introduction to Aircraft Structure Analysis, Third Edition covers the basics of structural analysis as applied to aircraft structures. Coverage of elasticity, energy methods and virtual work set 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. As a self-contained guide, this value-priced book is an excellent resource for anyone learning the subject.

• Based on the author's best-selling text, Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students
• Contains expanded coverage of composite materials and structures
• Includes new practical and design-based examples and problems throughout the text
• Provides an online teaching and learning tool with downloadable MATLAB code, a solutions manual, and an image bank of figures from the book

Undergraduate and postgraduate students of aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Also suitable for professional development and training courses

1. Basic elasticity

2. Two-dimensional 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

11. Structural components of aircraft

13. Airframe loads

15. Bending of open and closed 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

23. Fuselage frames and wing ribs

24. Laminated composite structures