Airframe Structural Design: Practical Design Information and Data on Aircraft Structures
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9627128090 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 611 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Prof. Niu is the author of the texts, AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL DESIGN (Second Edition, 1999), COMPOSITE AIRFRAME STRUCTURES (1992), and AIRFRAME STRESS ANALYSIS AND SIZING (Second Edition, 1999). At Lockheed, he was involved in airplane conceptual and preliminary design and was stress lead engineer responsible for the L-1011 wide body aircraft wing and empennage structures. He was a Senior Research and Development Engineer (management position) at Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company and he has been the Department Manager in charge of various structural programs, including development of innovative structural design concepts for both metallic and composite materials that are applicable to current and/or future advanced tactical fighters and advanced transports
From structural standpoint, the book is intended to be used as a tool to help achieve structural integrity according to government regulations, specifications, criteria, etc., for designing commercial or military transports, military fighters, as well as general aviation aircraft. It can be considered as a troubleshooting guide for airline structural maintenance and repair engineers or as a supplementary handbook in teaching aircraft structural design in college. The data can be used for designing and sizing airframe structures and, wherever needed, example calculations are presented for clarification.. This book represents several decades of data collection, research, conversations with different airframe specialists, plus the author's more than twenty years' experience in airframe structural design. This book is divided into a total of sixteen chapter and emphasizes itemized write-ups, tables, graphs and illustrations to lead directly to points of interest
El-Sayed Agoor said Good to Read In Parallel with Aircraft Structural Design Courses. The author of this book tackle most aspects if not all of aircraft structural design subjects, he starts the topic but never reach to an engineering conclusion that leads to a real structural design methodology. Therefore, you should read it in parallel with the other Niu books for composite airframe structures, and airframe sizing as well as other landing gear design text. Nevertheless, the author was always referring to FEA and real charts and methodologies that are actually used in the industry. There is a good chapter in aircraft structural loading, and engine attachment although the active engine attachment is missing. Obviously the. "Niu, Airframe Structural Design, 2nd Ed. - Review" according to James A. Dugelby. Micahael Niu has filled a void that has existed since E.F. Bruhn last published his book thirty years ago. I recommend all of Niu's books, and this one is no exception. It is full of design details and recommendations that are difficult if not impossible to obtain without extensive experience in many companies. It is a book to be studied, however, not simply glanced at. The practicing designer should do well to periodically re-visit this book before undertaking a new assignment.Unlike his other books on stress analysis, this is a design reference only, with few examples of calculations that provide further insight into the reasons for th. "A decent reference book on Airframe Structures" according to Maxwell George. I think Mr. Niu's textbook provides a good discussion on the basic and fundamental knowledge required by the Structures engineer. It should be particularly helpful for the engineer new to the field. I did come across a few errors, but I have not noticed the myriad of errata that was rumoured. The text does not contain the depth of discussion on Structures/stress analysis that I wanted, like the industry-standard Bruhn, however the figures, charts, examples, and pictures are much clearer, and henceforth put things into perspective much better. This text, combined with Bruhn, gives me the reference material I need to perform my stress anal
During 1966 and 1968, he served as stress engineer to B727, B747, etc. Niu received a B. He has also written Lockheed's Composites Design Guide and Composites Drafting Handbook. Niu is the author of the texts, AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL DESIGN (Second Edition, 1999), COMPOSITE AIRFRAME STRUCTURES (1992), and AIRFRAME STRESS ANALYSIS AND SIZING (Second Edition, 1999). He received the Lockheed Award of Achievem