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'Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students' provides a completely self contained course in aircraft structures, which includes discussion on the fundamentals of elasticity and aircraft structural analysis, as well as the associated topics of airworthiness and aeroelasticity. Although much of the basic material is timeless, the author has updated the text throughout, including new material on areas that have developed since the last edition - in both educational and technological terms. As well as extensive revisions, the new edition includes a solutions manual for all end of chapter problems to accompany the text.The expansion of aviation makes aircraft structures an increasingly important topic at undergraduate level. Since its original publication in 1972, this book has become the 'bible' for aircraft structures.
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T.H.G. MEGSON
Aircraft Structures for engineering students
To The Memory of My Father
Aircraft Structures for engineering students Third Edition
T. H. G. Megson
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OXFORD AMSTERDAM BOSTON LONDON NEWYORK PARIS SANDIEGO SANFRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO
Butterworth-Heinemann An imprint of Elsevier Science Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803 First published by Arnold 1972 First published as paperback 1977 Second edition published by Arnold 1990 Third edition published by Arnold 1999 Reprinted by Butterworth-Heinemann 2001 (twice), 2002,2003 Copyright Q 1999, T H G Megson. All rights reserved. The right of T H G Megson to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any med