Ebook: Analysis of aircraft structures : an introduction

Stress in structures -- Stresses and coordinate axis rotations -- Displacements and strains -- Strains in rotated coordinate systems -- The mechanical behavior of engineering materials -- Linearly elastic materials -- The theory of elasticity -- Plane stress theory of elasticity solutions -- Bending and extensional stresses in beams -- Beam bending and extensional deflections -- Additional beam bending topics -- Uniform torsion of beams -- Beam torsion approximate solutions -- Beam shearing stresses due to shearing forces -- Work and potential energy principles -- Precursor numerical analyses -- Introduction to the finite element method -- Finite element truss problems -- Basic aspects of multidimensional finite elements -- The unit load method for determinate structures -- The unit load method for indeterminate structures -- Thin plate theory -- Elastic and aeroelastic instabilities