25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.5.1

AN OVERVIEW OF AIRCRAFT MECHANICS AND STRUCTURES

C. Fielding
BAE Systems, UK

Keywords: Aerodynamics, Airframe, Structures, Flight Systems, Testing

An introduction to the aircraft engineering disciplines that belong to ‘Mechanics and Structures’. For the engineering disciplines, a description of the main activities is provided, with the basic principles and methods used for modelling, design, testing, and the validation of the theoretical models, the aircraft and its systems.

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