Calvin Jhon C.

Labial Date: 09/08/22

Aircraft Structure 1 Assignment 4
Explain the different loads of the aircraft.

Loads which act on a structural system may be generally classified in accordance with their

causes. Those which are produced by surface contact are called surface loads. Dynamic and/or

static pressures are examples of surface loads. If the area of contact is very small, then the load is

said to be concentrated; otherwise, it is called distributed loads.

Loads which depend on body volume are called body loads. Inertial, magnetic, and

gravitational forces are typical examples. Generally, these loads are assumed to be distributed over

the entire volume of the body.

Loads also may be categorized as dynamic, static or thermal. Dynamics loads are time-

dependent, whereas static loads are independent of time. Thermal loads are created on a restrained

structure by a uniform and/or non-uniform temperature change.

Regardless of the classification of the externally imposed loads, a structural member, in

general, resists these loads internally in the form of bending, axial, shear, and torsional actions or

a combination of the four.

In order to present definitions for internal loads, pass a hypothetical plane so that it cuts

the face of a structural member perpendicular to the member axis. Thus, bending moment may be

defined as a force whose vector representation lies in and parallel to the plane of the cut, while a

torque is a force whose vector representation is normal to that cut. On the other hand, shear load

is a force which lies in and is parallel to the plane of the cut, while axial load is a force which acts

normal to the plane of the cut.