Fundamentals Of Aircraft Structural Analysis,9780256192605

Fundamentals Of Aircraft Structural Analysis

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780256192605
ISBN10: 025619260X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-10-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Summary

Fundamentals of Aircraft Structural Analysis focuses on the basics behind the elements of aircraft structural analysis using an applications-oriented approach. Through the use of extensive practical problems, Howard Curtis introduces your undergraduate students to the theory required for understanding linear, static structural behavior, and the classic methods of analysis. By focusing on the basics, students will comprehend each topic and be encouraged to study more advanced topics.

Table of Contents

Historical Perspective
1(35)
Introduction
1(1)
Survey of Developments in Aircraft Structures since 1903
2(27)
Nature and Composition of Modern Aircraft Structures
29(5)
Idealization of Aircraft Structures for Preliminary Analyses
34(2)
Exercises
35(1)
Statically Determinate Structures
36(62)
Introduction
36(2)
Plane Trusses
38(6)
Space Trusses
44(6)
Simple Beams
50(6)
Stiffened Shear Webs
56(10)
Idealized Beams: Torsional and Shear Loading
66(11)
Frames
77(21)
Exercises
85(13)
Applies Elasticity: Fundamental Concepts
98(90)
Introduction
99(1)
Stress
99(5)
Equilibrium
104(3)
Stress Transformation
107(2)
Principal Stress
109(4)
Plane Stress
113(5)
Strain
118(7)
Normal Strain
120(1)
Shear Strain
121(4)
Volumetric Strain
125(1)
Compatibility Conditions
126(2)
Plane Strain
128(3)
Stress-Strain Equations for Isotropic Elastic Materials
131(4)
The Plane Stress Problem
135(8)
Saint-Venant's Principle
143(1)
Strain Energy
144(5)
Static Failure Theories
149(5)
Margin of Safety
154(2)
Anisotropic Elastic Materials
156(8)
Stress Concentration and Fatigue
164(24)
Exercises
179(9)
Box Beam Stress Analysis
188(78)
Introduction
188(1)
Area Moments of Inertia
189(4)
Internal Force Sign Convention
193(4)
Saint-Venant Torsion Theory
197(7)
Bernoulli-Euler Flexure Theory
204(3)
Isotropic Beam Flexure Stress
207(4)
Thin-Walled Beam Shear Stress
211(13)
Idealized Thin-Walled Sections
224(12)
Tapered Idealized Beam Shear Flow
236(30)
Exercises
254(12)
Load Transfer in Stiffened Panel Structures
266(35)
Introduction
266(3)
Rib and Bulkhead Shear Flows
269(13)
Shear Flow around Cut Outs
282(3)
Box Beam Cutouts
285(16)
Exercises
292(9)
Work-Energy Principles
301(27)
Introduction
301(2)
System Equilibrium and Compatibility
303(3)
The Virtual Work Principle
306(5)
Minimum Potential Energy and Castigliano's First Theorem
311(3)
Stiffness Matrix
314(2)
The Complementary Virtual Work Principle
316(3)
Minimum Complementary Potential Energy and Castigliano's Second Theorem
319(3)
Flexibility Matrix
322(6)
Exercises
324(4)
Force Method: Trusses, Beams, and Frames
328(81)
Introduction
328(3)
Rods: Complementary Virtual Work
331(1)
Truss Deflections Using Complementary Virtual Work
332(3)
Statically Indeterminate Trusses
335(15)
Simple Beams: Complementary Virtual Work
350(4)
Torsion: Complementary Virtual Work
354(1)
Beam and Frame Deflections Using Complementary Virtual Work
355(7)
Statically Indeterminate Beams and Frames
362(47)
Exercises
389(20)
Force Method: Idealized Thin-Walled Structures
409(86)
Introduction
409(1)
Shear Panels and Stiffeners
410(4)
Statically Indeterminate Stiffened Webs
414(10)
Thin-Walled Beams
424(4)
Deflections in Idealized Beams
428(10)
Shear Center of Closed Sections
438(2)
Warping Deflections
440(7)
Multicell Idealized Box Beams
447(16)
Restraint Effects in Idealized Box Beams
463(4)
Shear Lag
467(28)
Exercises
480(15)
The Matrix Displacement Method
495(61)
Introduction
496(1)
Vector Notation
496(1)
Matrix Notation
496(1)
Basic Matrix Operations
497(6)
Determinants and Matrix Inverse
503(6)
Cramer's Rule
509(2)
Gauss Elimination
511(5)
The Eigenvalue Problem
516(2)
Orthogonal Coordinate Transformations
518(2)
Some General Aspects of the Stiffness Method
520(20)
Constitutive Equations in Matrix Form
540(2)
General Form of the Stiffness Equations Using Virtual Work
542(14)
Exercises
550(6)
Matrix Displacement Method: Trusses, Beams and Frames
556(96)
Introduction
556(1)
Rod Element Stiffness Equations
557(27)
Beam Element Stiffness Equations
584(18)
Two-Dimensional Frames
602(11)
Torsional Element
613(2)
Three-Dimensional Frames
615(37)
Exercises
633(19)
Matrix Displacement Method: Thin-Walled Structures
652(62)
Introduction
652(1)
The Rectangular Shear Panel
652(16)
The Constant Strain Triangle
668(21)
Analysis by Substructures
689(25)
Exercises
698(16)
Structural Stability
714(77)
Introduction
714(1)
Unstable Behavior
715(6)
Beam Columns
721(2)
Slender Column Buckling
723(7)
Column Imperfections and Load Misalignment
730(4)
Inelastic Column Buckling
734(7)
Approximate Analysis Methods
741(13)
Thin Plate Buckling
754(4)
Crippling Stress
758(12)
Shear Panel Stability
770(2)
Complete Tension Field Beams
772(11)
Static Wing Divergence
783(8)
Exercises
787(4)
Appendix: Comparative Mechanical Properties of Metal Alloys 791(4)
Index 795

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