To accompany this course, Rene Alderliesten has written an Open Text Book entitled: “Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials”. See the “Intro to Aerospace Structures and Materials” Tab in the course for all chapters available as pdf within the context of this course.The book is also used in the on-campus version of this course.

This book is available as a free download in PDF format and in other formats, including the opportunity to order a hardcopy for a small fee via TU Delft’s Open Textbook website to cover some of the cost made in creating the textbook.

How to use the book

Each topic is covered in much more detail in the book. The chapters of the e-book listed in each module are considered part of the material we expect you to study before taking the quizzes, taking the exam and doing the assignment. We will list which parts to study for each part. For this subsection on the concepts of stress and strain, the following sections of Chapter 1 on Material Physics and Properties must be studied: