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.

Author Biography: T.H.G. Megson is a professor emeritus with the Department of Civil Engineering at Leeds University (UK). For Elsevier he has written the market leading Butterworth Heinemann textbooks Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students and Introduction to Aircraft Structural Analysis (a briefer derivative of the aircraft structures book), as well as the text/ref hybrid Structural and Stress Analysis.

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 8. Columns 9. Thin plates 10. Materials 11. Structural components of aircraft 12. Airworthiness 13. Airframe loads 14. Fatigue 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 21. Fuselages 22. Wings 23. Fuselage frames and wing ribs 24. Laminated composite structures