5. Structural concepts

Course subject(s) Module A: Introductory module

In lecture 5 Mr. Sinke will investigate the concept that holds aircraft together: their structure.

In this lecture Mr. Sinke will investigate how a truss structure handles loads, and how we went from such a truss structure to beam.

In his third clip on structural concepts, Mr. Sinke discusses the type of structures we are most used to seeing today: Aluminium structures.

In his last lecture on structural concepts, Mr. Sinke will discuss a phenomenon encountered only as late as the 1960s: Fatigue.

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