AM.I.E.K3
KnowledgeForces placed on aircraft materials (e.g., tension, compression, torsion, bending, strain, and shear).
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- Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Aircraft Metals › Hot-Working
pounds per square inch (psi) and is calculated by dividing the load in pounds required to pull the material apart by its cross-sectional area in square inches. The compression strength of a material is its resistance to a crushing ... force, which is the opposite of tensile strength. Compression strength is also measured in psi. When a piece of metal is cut, the material is subjected, as it comes in contact with the cutting edge, to a force known…
- Chapter 1: Aircraft Structures › Major Structural Stresses
Figure 1-13. Principal airframe units. There are five major stresses [Figure 1-14] to which all aircraft are subjected: • Tension • Compression • Torsion • Shear • Bending Tension is the stress that resists a force that tends to pull something apart. [Figure ... engine pulls the aircraft forward, but air resistance tries to hold it back. The result is tension, which stretches the aircraft. The tensile strength of a material is measured in pounds per square inch (psi) and is calculated by dividing…
- Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Aircraft Metals › Standards and Specifications
fittings to various parts of the aircraft, and for fastening innumerable bracing members and other parts together. The rivet creates a bond that is at least as strong as the material being joined. Two of the major types of rivets ... used in aircraft are the common solid shank type, which must be driven using a bucking bar, and the special (blind) rivets, which may be installed where it is impossible to use a bucking bar. Aircraft rivets are not hardware…