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Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials
This book provides an introduction to the discipline of aerospace structures and materials and includes all relevant aspects of this discipline within a single monograph. These aspects range from materials, manufacturing and processing techniques, to structures, design principles and structural performance, including aspects like durability and safety.
- Author
- René Alderliesten
- Publisher
- Delft University of Technology
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
Contents· 72 sections
- 01: Introduction to Structural Analysis and Structural Loads
- 01: Introduction to Structural Analysis
- 1.01: Structural Analysis Defined
- 1.02: Types of Structures and Structural Members
- 1.03: Fundamental Concepts and Principles of Structural Analysis
- 1.04: Units of Measurement
- 02: Structural Loads and Loading System
- 2.01: Types of Structural Loads
- 2.02: Load Combinations for Structural Design
- 2.03: Tributary Width and Area
- 2.04: Influence Areas
- 2.05: Live Load Reduction
- 02: Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures
- 03: Equilibrium Structures Support Reactions Determinacy and Stability of Beams and Frames
- 3.01: Equilibrium of Structures
- 3.02: Types of Supports and Their Characteristics
- 3.03: Determinacy and Stability of Beams and Frames
- 3.04: Computation of Support Reactions for Planar Structures
- 04: Internal Forces in Beams and Frames
- 4.01: Introduction
- 4.02: Basic Definitions
- 4.03: Sign Convention
- 4.04: Relation Among Distributed Load Shearing Force and Bending Moment
- 05: Internal Forces in Plane Trusses
- 5.01: Introduction
- 5.02: Types of Trusses
- 5.03: Determinacy and Stability of Trusses
- 5.04: Assumptions in Truss Analysis
- 5.05: Joint Identification and Member Force Notation
- 5.06: Methods of Truss Analysis
- 06: Arches and Cables
- 6.01: Arches
- 6.02: Cables
- 07: Deflection of Beams- Geometric Methods
- 7.01: Introduction
- 7.02: Derivation of the Equation of the Elastic Curve of a Beam
- 7.03: Deflection by Method of Double Integration
- 7.04: Deflection by Method of Singularity Function
- 7.05: Deflection by Moment-Area Method
- 7.06: Deflection by the Conjugate Beam Method
- 03: Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures
- 08: Deflections of Structures- Work-Energy Methods
- 8.01: Virtual Work Method
- 8.02: Energy Methods
- 09: Influence Lines for Statically Determinate Structures
- 9.01: Introduction
- 9.02: Influence Lines for Statically Determinate Beams by Static Equilibrium Method
- 9.03: Construction of Influence Lines
- 9.04: Uses of Influence Lines
- 10: Force Method of Analysis of Indeterminate Structures
- 10.01: Introduction
- 10.02: Maxwell-Betti Law of Reciprocal Deflections
- 10.03: Analysis of Indeterminate Beams and Frames
- 10.04: Analysis of Indeterminate Trusses
- 11: Slope-Deflection Method of Analysis of Indeterminate Structures
- 11.01: Introduction
- 11.02: Sign Conventions
- 11.03: Derivation of Slope-Deflection Equations
- 11.04: Modification for Pin-Supported End Span
- 11.05: Analysis of Indeterminate Beams
- 11.06: Analysis of Indeterminate Frames
- 12: Moment Distribution Method of Analysis of Structures
- 12.01: Basic Concepts
- 12.02: Sign Convention
- 12.03: Definitions
- 12.04: Modification of Member Stiffness
- 12.05: Analysis of Indeterminate Beams
- 12.06: Analysis of Indeterminate Frames
- 13: Influence Lines for Statically Indeterminate Structures
- 13.01: Introduction
- 13.02: Static Equilibrium Method
- 13.03: Influence Lines for Statically Indeterminate Beams by Kinematic Method