Aircraft structures - summary
Aircraft structures
Abstract: The aircraft structure is an important part where the structure of an aircraft depends on the optimum requirement of the customer and the environments in which it will be going to fly for the major time. It has to go several checks at regular interval of flying hours under proper inspection. This paper contains the basic information regarding the components of an aircraft and the basic concept of its design. The main criteria of design and its philosophy is the factor of safety which has to be accounted at the time of the construction with respect to the flying condition and in which environment.
The material which has high strength with low weight such type of materials has to be used in order to maintain high strength to weight ratio under all conditions. The type of joints and the paint has to be appropriate such that the Reynolds’s number is much high which induces less amount of the parasite drag. The structure of an aircraft must be such that it can bear the differential pressure as well as the cyclic loads due to continuous take offs and landings. The pressurization system of an aircraft must be in tune with the aircraft structure so that the differential pressure between the cabin and ambient pressure is under a constant value. To sustain such high differential pressure, aircraft thickness should be high which in result in high amount of dead load or known as weight of an aircraft and high cost of production, which is undesirable.
The paper also contains the example which has changed the aviation history from the structure point of view.
Aircraft Structure - An introduction to major airplane components Major components
Although airplanes are designed for a variety of purposes, most of them have the same major components. The overall characteristics are largely determined by the original design objectives. Most airplane structures include a fuselage, wings, an empennage, landing gear, and a power plant
Abstract: The aircraft structure is an important part where the structure of an aircraft depends on the optimum requirement of the customer and the environments in which it will be going to fly for the major time. It has to go several checks at regular interval of flying hours under proper inspection. This paper contains the basic information regarding the components of an aircraft and the basic concept of its design. The main criteria of design and its philosophy is the factor of safety which has to be accounted at the time of the construction with respect to the flying condition and in which environment.
The material which has high strength with low weight such type of materials has to be used in order to maintain high strength to weight ratio under all conditions. The type of joints and the paint has to be appropriate such that the Reynolds’s number is much high which induces less amount of the parasite drag. The structure of an aircraft must be such that it can bear the differential pressure as well as the cyclic loads due to continuous take offs and landings. The pressurization system of an aircraft must be in tune with the aircraft structure so that the differential pressure between the cabin and ambient pressure is under a constant value. To sustain such high differential pressure, aircraft thickness should be high which in result in high amount of dead load or known as weight of an aircraft and high cost of production, which is undesirable.
The paper also contains the example which has changed the aviation history from the structure point of view.
Aircraft Structure - An introduction to major airplane components Major components
Although airplanes are designed for a variety of purposes, most of them have the same major components. The overall characteristics are largely determined by the original design objectives. Most airplane structures include a fuselage, wings, an empennage, landing gear, and a power plant