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Aircraft Stress
A. TENSION - PULLING
B. COMPRESSION - FORCE/SQUEEZE
C. TORSIONAL - TWISTING FORCE
D. SHEAR - SEPARATE
E. BENDING (the combination stress) - TENSION AND COMPRESSION
The central body of an airplane which is designed to accommodate the crew,
passengers, and cargo
Fuselage
- OLDEST
- EXTERNAL BRACING
Truss
- REMOVE EXTERNAL
- SKIN COVERING
- SINGLE SHELL
*MONOCOQUE
- EXTERNAL AND SKIN COVERING
SEMI-MONOCOQUE
establishes the shape of fuselage.
- Formers
acts as the main structural/foundation of fuselage
longerons
acts as partition or a wall.
bulkhead
The main lifting surfaces that support the airplane in flight.
wings
end to end main longitudinal beam.
spar
provides the shape of the aircraft wings.
ribs
distributes evenly the stress
stringers and truss
Part of the wings closes fuselage.
wing root
installation of wing
high wing, low wing, mid wing
viewed from above
planform
different types of planform
in supersonic/higher speed planes.
delta wing
the tail section of an airplane
empennage
Fixed section
- Provide stability.
- Keep flying straight
horizontal stabilizer
Pitch (Up and Down)
elevator
- Keep the nose of the air
- Side to side
vertical stabilizer
yaw (changes the direction it is pointing, to the left or right of its direction of
motion)
rudder
different types of tail
v tail, t tail, twin tail, twin boom
principal support of the airplane when parked, taxiing, taking off or landing
landing gear
