Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471699667 ISBN 13: 9780471699668

Publisher: Wiley, 2006

Designed to help students get a solid background in structural mechanics and extensively updated to help professionals get up to speed on recent advances

This Second Edition of the bestselling textbook Mechanics of Aircraft Structures combines fundamentals, an overview of new materials, and rigorous analysis tools into an excellent one-semester introductory course in structural mechanics and aerospace engineering. It's also extremely useful to practicing aerospace or mechanical engineers who want to keep abreast of new materials and recent advances. Updated and expanded, this hands-on reference covers:
* Introduction to elasticity of anisotropic solids, including mechanics of composite materials and laminated structures
* Stress analysis of thin-walled structures with end constraints
* Elastic buckling of beam-column, plates, and thin-walled bars
* Fracture mechanics as a tool in studying damage tolerance and durability

Designed and structured to provide a solid foundation in structural mechanics, Mechanics of Aircraft Structures, Second Edition includes more examples, more details on some of the derivations, and more sample problems to ensure that students develop a thorough understanding of the principles.

From the Publisher:

Aircraft structures must be designed to ensure that every part of a given material is used to its full capacity; today's designs employ cutting-edge composite materials to meet those needs. This book focuses on the mechanics of the most recent developments in design and materials, and covers advanced composite materials and new computer-aided designs.

About the Author:

C. T. SUN, PHD, is the Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor inthe School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the recipient of the 2004 Purdue University Research Award. Dr. Sun teaches composites, elasticity, fracture mechanics, and aircraft structures. He is a Fellow of both the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the American Society for Composites (ASC).