Aerospace Structures by Eric Raymond Johnson is a 600+ page text and reference book for junior, senior, and graduate-level aerospace engineering students. The text begins with a discussion of the aerodynamic and inertia loads acting on aircraft in symmetric flight and presents a linear theory for the status and dynamic response of thin-walled straight bars with closed and open cross-sections. Isotropic and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials including temperature effects are modeled with Hooke’s law. Methods of analyses are by differential equations, Castigliano’s theorems, the direct stiffness method, the finite element method, and Lagrange’s equations. There are numerous examples for the response axial bars, beams, coplanar trusses, coplanar frames, and coplanar curved bars. Failure initiation by the von Mises yield criterion, buckling, wing divergence, fracture, and by Puck’s criterion for FRP composites are presented in the examples.
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Table of Contents
1. Function of Flight Vehicle Structural Members
2. Aircraft Loads
3. Elements of Thin-Walled Bar Theory
4. Some Aspects of the Structural Analysis
5. Work and Energy Methods
6. Applications of Castigliano's Theorems
7. Arches, Rings, and Fuselage Frames
8. Laminated Bars of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
9. Failure Initiation in FRP Compositives
10. Structural Stability of Discrete Conservative Systems
11. Buckling of Columns and Plates
12. Introduction to Aeroelasticity
13. Fracture of Cracked Members
14. Design of a Landing Strut and Wing Spar
15. Direct Stiffness Method
16. Applications of the Direct Stiffness Method
17. Finite Element Method
18. Introduction to Flexible Body Dynamics
Appendix A: Linear Elasticity of Solid Bodies
Resources
Problem sets: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104169
LaTeX sourcefiles: Expected spring 2022
PDFs (book and chapter-level)
Print (Softcover. Does not include appendix): Available to order here.
