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Aircraft structures for engineering students /

Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students is the leading self contained aircraft structures course text. It covers all fundamental subjects, including elasticity, structural analysis, airworthiness and aeroelasticity. Now in its fifth edition, the author has revised and updated the text throughou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Megson, T. H. G. (Thomas Henry Gordon) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Waltham, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2013]
Edición:Fifth edition.
Colección:Elsevier aerospace engineering series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. A: Fundamentals of structural analysis
  • Sect. A1: Elasticity
  • Ch.1. Basic elasticity
  • 1.1. Stress
  • 1.2. Notation for forces and stresses
  • 1.3. Equations of equilibrium
  • 1.4. Plane stress
  • 1.5. Boundary conditions
  • 1.6. Determination of stresses on inclined planes
  • 1.7. Principal stresses
  • 1.8. Mohr's circle of stress
  • 1.9. Strain
  • 1.10. Compatibility equations
  • 1.11. Plane strain
  • 1.12. Determination of strains on inclined planes
  • 1.13. Principal strains
  • 1.14. Mohr's circle of strain
  • 1.15. Stress-strain relationships
  • 1.16. Experimental measurement of surface strains
  • References
  • Problems
  • Ch. 2. Two-dimensional problems in elasticity
  • 2.1. Two-dimensional problems
  • 2.2. Stress functions
  • 2.3. Inverse and semi-inverse methods
  • 2.4. St. Venant's principle
  • 2.5. Displacements
  • 2.6. Bending of an end-loaded cantilever
  • Reference
  • Problems
  • Ch. 3. Torsion of solid sections
  • 3.1. Prandtl stress function solution
  • 3.2. St. Venant warping function solution
  • 3.3. The membrane analogy
  • 3.4. Torsion of a narrow rectangular strip
  • References
  • Problems
  • Sect. A2: Virtual work, energy, and matrix methods
  • Ch. 4. Virtual work and energy methods
  • 4.1. Work
  • 4.2. Principle of virtual work
  • 4.3. Applications of the principle of virtual work
  • Reference
  • Problems
  • Ch. 5. Energy methods
  • 5.1. Strain energy and complementary energy
  • 5.2. Principle of the stationary value of the total complementary energy
  • 5.3. Application to deflection problems
  • 5.4. Application to the solution of statically indeterminate systems
  • 5.5. Unit load method
  • 5.6. Flexibility method
  • 5.7. Total potential energy
  • 5.8. Principle of the stationary value of the total potential energy
  • 5.9. Principle of superposition
  • 5.10. Reciprocal theorem
  • 5.11. Temperature effects
  • References
  • Problems
  • Ch. 6. Matrix methods
  • 6.1. Notation
  • 6.2. Stiffness matrix for an elastic spring
  • 6.3. Stiffness matrix for two elastic springs in line
  • 6.4. Matrix analysis of pin-jointed frameworks
  • 6.5. Application to statically indeterminate frameworks
  • 6.6. Matrix analysis of space frames
  • 6.7. Stiffness matrix for a uniform beam
  • 6.8. Finite element method for continuum structures
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Problems
  • Sect. A3: Thin plate theory
  • Ch. 7. Bending of thin plates
  • 7.1. Pure bending of thin plates
  • 7.2. Plates subjected to bending and twisting
  • 7.3. Plates subjected to a distributed transverse load
  • 7.4. Combined bending and in-plane loading of a thin rectangular plate
  • 7.5. Bending of thin plates having a small initial curvature
  • 7.6. Energy method for the bending of thin plates
  • Further reading
  • Problems
  • Sect. A4: Structural instability
  • Ch. 8. Columns
  • 8.1. Euler buckling of columns
  • 8.2. Inelastic buckling
  • 8.3. Effect of initial imperfections
  • 8.4. Stability of beams under transverse and axial loads
  • 8.5. Energy method for the calculation of buckling loads in columns
  • 8.6. Flexural-torsional buckling of thin-walled columns
  • References
  • Problems
  • Ch. 9. Thin plates
  • 9.1. Buckling of thin plates
  • 9.2. Inelastic buckling of plates
  • 9.3. Experimental determination of the critical load for a flat plate
  • 9.4. Local instability
  • 9.5. Instability of stiffened panels
  • 9.6. Failure stress in plates and stiffened panels
  • 9.7. Tension field beams
  • References
  • Problems
  • Sect. A5: Vibration of structures
  • Ch. 10. Structural vibration
  • 10.1. Oscillation of mass-spring systems
  • 10.2. Oscillation of beams
  • 10.3. Approximate methods for determining natural frequencies
  • Problems
  • pt. B: Analysis of aircraft structures:
  • Sect. B1: Principles of stressed skin construction
  • Ch. 11. Materials
  • 11.1. Aluminum alloys
  • 11.2. Steel
  • 11.3. Titanium
  • 11.4. Plastics
  • 11.5. Glass
  • 11.6. Composite materials
  • 11.7. Properties of materials
  • Problems
  • Ch. 12 Structural components of aircraft
  • 12.1. Loads on structural components
  • 12.2. Function of structural components
  • 12.3. Fabrication of structural components
  • 12.4. Connections
  • Reference
  • Problems
  • Sect. B2: Airworthiness and airframe loads
  • Ch. 13. Airworthiness
  • 13.1. Factors of the safety-flight envelope
  • 13.2. Load factor determination
  • Reference
  • Ch. 14. Airframe loads
  • 14.1. Aircraft inertia loads
  • 14.2. Symmetric maneuver loads
  • 14.3. Normal accelerations associated with various types of maneuver
  • 14.4. Gust loads
  • References
  • Problems
  • Ch. 15. Fatigue
  • 15.1. Safe life and fail-safe structures
  • 15.2. Designing against fatigue
  • 15.3. Fatigue strength of components
  • 15.4. Prediction of aircraft fatigue life
  • 15.5. Crack propagation
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Problems
  • Sect. B3: Bending, shear and torsion of thin-walled beams
  • Ch. 16. Bending of open and closed, thin-walled beams
  • 16.1. Symmetrical bending
  • 16.2. Unsymmetrical bending
  • 16.3. Deflections due to bending
  • 16.4. Calculation of section properties
  • 16.5. Applicability of bending theory
  • 16.6. Temperature effects
  • Reference
  • Problems
  • Ch. 17. Shear of beams
  • 17.1. General stress, strain, and displacement relationships for open and single-cell closed section thin-walled beams
  • 17.2. Shear of open section beams
  • 17.3. Shear of closed section beams
  • Reference
  • Problems
  • Ch. 18. Torsion of beams
  • 18.1. Torsion of closed section beams
  • 18.2. Torsion of open section beams
  • Problems
  • Ch. 19. Combined open and closed section beams
  • 19.1. Bending
  • 19.2. Shear
  • 19.3. Torsion
  • Problems
  • Ch. 20. Structural idealization
  • 20.1. Principle
  • 20.2. Idealization of a panel
  • 20.3. Effect of idealization on the analysis of open and closed section beams
  • 20.4. Deflection of open and closed section beams
  • Problems
  • Sect. B4: Stress analysis of aircraft components
  • Ch. 21. Wing spars and box beams
  • 21.1. Tapered wing spar
  • 21.2. Open and closed section beams
  • 21.3. Beams having variable stringer areas
  • Problems
  • Ch. 22. Fuselages
  • 22.1. Bending
  • 22.2. Shear
  • 22.3. Torsion
  • 22.4. Cut-outs in fuselages
  • Problems
  • Ch. 23. Wings
  • 23.1. Three-boom shell
  • 23.2. Bending
  • 23.3. Torsion
  • 23.4. Shear
  • 23.5. Shear center
  • 23.6. Tapered wings
  • 23.7. Deflections
  • 23.8. Cut-outs in wings
  • Problems
  • Ch. 24. Fuselage frames and wing ribs
  • 24.1. Principles of stiffener/web construction
  • 24.2. Fuselage frames
  • 24.3. Wing ribs
  • Problems
  • Ch. 25. Laminated composite structures
  • 25.1. Elastic constants of a simple lamina
  • 25.2. Stress-strain relationships for an orthotropic ply (macro approach)
  • 25.3. Thin-walled composite beams
  • References
  • Problems
  • Section B5 Structural and loading discontinuities
  • Ch. 26. Closed section beams
  • 26.1. General aspects
  • 26.2. Shear stress distribution at a built-in end of a closed section beam
  • 26.3. Thin-walled rectangular section beam subjected to torsion
  • 26.4. Shear lag
  • Reference
  • Problems
  • Ch. 27. Open section beams
  • 27.1. I-section beam subjected to torsion
  • 27.2. Torsion of an arbitrary section beam
  • 27.3. Distributed torque loading
  • 27.4. Extension of the theory to allow for general systems of loading
  • 27.5. Moment couple (bimoment)
  • References
  • Problems
  • Sect. B6: Introduction to aeroelasticity
  • Ch. 28. Wing problems
  • 28.1. Types of problem
  • 28.2. Load distribution and divergence
  • 28.3. Control effectiveness and reversal
  • 28.4. Introduction to "flutter"
  • References
  • Problems.