A short list of good books ...
Engineering
Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures Elmer F. Bruhn
Aircraft Structures, First Edition David J. Peery
Stresses in Aircraft and Shell Structures Paul Kuhn
Advanced Mechanics of Materials Fred Seely and James Smith
Airplane...
One more time,
Stress Analysis Manual AFFDL-TR-69-42
Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Gene E. Maddux
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161
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rb,
I've only spoken to him by phone and ordered books but have worked with people that knew him at Vought or took a class from him. Have only heard kind words spoken of him ... nobody can say that about me ... and I'm a harmless, lovable puffball.
More good references:
Stress Analysis Manual AFFDL-TR-69-42
Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Gene E. Maddux
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161
_________________________
NACA Reports
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Ed,
He is survived by a daughter, Susan McCombs Creamer.
Part of the Dallas Morning News obit published Oct. 15th, 2006:
"... born in Little Rock, AR on December 22, 1923 and died on October 8, 2006 ... he began studies for an aeronautical engineering degree at Princeton University in 1941...
Titles include ... "A Supplement to Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures" and "Engineering Column Analysis - The Analysis of Compression Members".
You may find his booklets used on Abebooks.
Unfortunately Bill passed away last October ... by all accounts he was a super human being...
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I’m hoping to publish Bruhn Errata next year with eighty or ninety examples of errors, omissions, boo boos or suggested changes.
Examples:
Page A7.11 Truss with Pinned Joints
Check the last two columns in Table A7.3 for a slide rule error.
I calculate d1 = 0.027 inch...