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Structures that hold People

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What is Fuselage?(Bold)

-the body of the aircraft

-it is where the wings, engine, tail and landing gear are attached

insert pic ng fuselage. Any aircraft

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Two types of Fuselage:

-Truss Fuselage construction

-stressed skin type.

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What is truss Fuselage Construction?

- it is a form of construction in which a number of members are joined to form a rigid structure.

- wooden longerons is the main lengthwise structural member

- longerons are held apart by wooden struts.

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Truss Fuselage Construction

1. Pratt truss - its struts carry only compressive loads, while the stays carry only the tensile loads.

2. Warren Truss - the longerons are separated by diagonal members that can carry both compressive
and tensile loads

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Using both pratt and warren trusses by the addition of a non load carrying superstructure, and the
entire fuselage is covered with cloth fabric.

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What is a Stressed skin structure?

- all the loads are carried in the outside skin.

- does not require angular shape unlike the truss.

- can be built with very clean, smooth and aerodynamically efficient shape.

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A common hen egg can be a good example of a stressed skin structure.

- the fragile shell of an egg can support an almost unbelieveable load. When it is applied in the proper
direction, as long as the shell is not cracked.
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Dents - biggest limitation of a stressed skin structure.

Once a structure become prone to dents, the whole structure can be crushed very easily from top to
bottom.

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Types of Stressed Skin construction:

a. Monocoque Structure

b. Semi monocoque structure

c. Pressurized structure

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Monocoque Structure

- carries all the stress in his skins

- upper and lower skins are made of thin sheets of aluminum alloy.

- the skins are riveted to former rings which is pressed from thin sheets in a hydropress .

- it has sufficient strength for only low stress areas.

- all damage must be repair to return the structure's rigidity.

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Semi monocoque structure

- it has more strength than the monocoque construction

- formers and stringers are added as a substructure of it.

- formers and stringers are made of extruded aluminum alloy.

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Pressurized Structure

- needed in High-altitude flights

- increased pressure in cabin to provide sufficient life support for the passengers to breathe normally.

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British comets - an aircraft in which apply 8 psi pressurization in structure. It results from cracks of its
fatigued skin due to pressurization and depressurization cycles which leads to pressure differential and
virtual explosion of the structure.

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Stress risers

- portions of the structure where the cross section changes abruptly.

To eliminate this kinds of stresses, joints and connections are prestressed carefully. The structure is
designed with more than one load path for the stresses so there is a reinforcement structure once a
place of structure develops a crack and there will be no serious failure that will occur.