Aerospace Structures

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Chapter 1.  Structural description of the aircraft

Aircraft loads, Structural component of the aircraft (wing, fuselage and empennage), Structures in the aeronautical sector

Chapter 2. Bending, shear and torsion of thin-walled beams

Bending and shear of open and closed, thin-walled beams, torsion on single-cell thin-walled  beams, torsion on multiple-cell thin-walled  beams

Chapter 3.  Thin plate theory

Bending of thin rectangular and circular plates, shells

Chapter 4.  Composite and sandwich structures

Laminate theory, failure criteria, composite beams, sandwich structures