The Bookon AircraftStressAnalysis

The Book on Aircraft Stress Analysis (or The Book or Zen and the Art of Aircraft Stress Analysis) is a collection of over one hundred Excel Spreadsheets that cover the proverbial random walk through the aircraft stress analysis universe. Many figures in the Elmer F. Bruhns classic Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures have been graphed in Microsoft Excel to eliminate the chore of eyeballing the chart. Solved example problems have been included from Bruhn as well as David Peerys Aircraft Structures and the NASA Astronautics Structures Manual. Also included on the disk (in pdf format) are many NACA documents, Mil-HNBK-5H and the NASA Astronautic Structures Manual. Future editions will include Theory of Composite Materials, Energy Methods, and instructions for engineers on flushing toilets, washing hands and making coffee. Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics will not be covered. Nobody understands Fatigue, Fracture Mechanics or Durability and Damage Tolerance and studying the topics will not increase your knowledge of the subject matter.

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Rubber chickens may be obtained from Archie McPhee in Seattle, Washington (http://www.archiemcphee.com) or you may find them by searching http://www.google.com for rubber chicken. In this way the author may keep track of the number of licensed users by wandering the globe counting the number of rubber chickens on computer terminals. Many typographical errors, boo boos and mistakes in Bruhn have been corrected in the respective spreadsheets. Of course the author accepts no responsibility for his own boo boos, mistakes and errors of omission. Relying on the spreadsheets for actual work without the expressed, written consent of Major League Baseball is strictly prohibited. The total cost of The Book on Aircraft Stress Analysis is $0.00. The entire collection of GRANDesign Spreadsheets is available for $947,632.95 plus a very large handling fee. Many thanks to Charles Ben Basye, William McCombs, Elmer Bruhn, David Peery, Stephen Timoshenko, Paul Kuhn, Mr. Levin, Mr. Levy, Mr. Cozzone, Mr. Melcon, Mr. Ensrud and others too numerous to list here. Please enjoy Excel spreadsheets from The Book on Aircraft Stress Analysis. Bill Gran Job Shopper

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Erratta Page B1.8 Equation (3)

f E f = + F0.7 F0.7 F0.7

should be

E f 3 f = + F0.7 F0.7 7 F0.7

Many small differences in answers are obviously due to roundup, reading values from charts or using slide rules. As an example, the strength of a stepped column for Section C2.12, Case 2 - Inelastic Failure, page C2.16 my answer is Pcr = 24,058 versus Elmer Bruhns Pcr = 23,500

Page C2.13, Right Hand Column, Case 2 subjected to a temperature of 600 F should be subjected to a temperature of 300 F Page C2.17, Left Hand Column, Last Sentence in the problem dealing with a tapered column. Should be in the problem dealing with a stepped column. subjected to a temperature of 600 F should be subjected to a temperature of 300 F Figure C7.36 page C7.26: The peak of the curve for S/ rho = 3.0 is too high. See Bruhn_C7.36_(Figure)_Stiffener_Rho_Variation.xls

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Page C1.5: I believe that the angle theta should equal 19.33 degrees instead of 18 degrees 50 minutes and the figure for Mohrs circle on page C1.5 should look like: