Figure highly flammable and hazardous materials and components. This page shows the parts of an airplane and their functions. Department of aerospace engineering ae332 aerospace. Flying short distances is almost as common as jumping on a bus for. For a pdf version of this manual, use an html to pdf converter such as. Aircraft are generally built up from the following basic components. Aircraft parts, especially screws, bolts, and rivets, are often subject to a shearing force. The horizontal stabiliser helps maintain an airplane s equilibrium and stability in flight. Parts of an airplane experimental aircraft association. It does so by providing a mini wing at a certain distance from the main wings typically at the back, although it can also be positioned at the from of the aircraft. As the cg moves rearward towards the tail the aircraft becomes more and more dynamically unstable. May 29, 2014 learning the parts for outside an aeroplane. Basic components and functions of aircraft parts iitk.
Spar webs play a role that is similar to function 2 of the skin. Learning the parts for outside an aeroplane english. Parts of the world that are currently selected will be a bright blue. The fuselage of an aircraft is subject the fives types of stresstorsion, bending, tension, shear, and compression. The main parts of an airplane federal aviation administration. Charts poster available for download on airbusworld and the airbus website.
The dvds or digital download contain everything needed to run xplanethere. Airplanes are manufactured in manufactured in different shapes and sizes according to the need and desire. Aeroplane design a, computergenerated rendering of the ead aeroplane. This smaller wing produces enough lift to control the pitch of the aircraft and. A jet engine can also be called as a reaction engine because the reaction produced by the engine propels the aircraft or vehicle. When airplane is travelling it has to lift its own weight, the fuel, the passengers and the luggage. Knowledge of the functions of the major aircraft components and systems. Parts of an airplane and their function are mentioned below in tabular form. Airplanes are transportation devices which are designed to move people and cargo from one place to another. Functions of longitudinals, stringers or stiffenners longerons. It transmits the aerodynamic forces to the longitudinal and transverse supporting members by plate and membrane action 2. Department of aerospace engineering ae332 aircraft structures ii course instructor.
He is to be congratulated also on the clear and interesting manner in which he explains such things as the distribution of pressure on the wing of an aeroplane, the functions of the various. In order to understand the operation of the major components and subcomponents of an aircraft. Torsional stress in a fuselage is created in several ways. Learn where each part of an airplane is found, and what those parts of the plane do. It develops shearing stresses which react to the applied torsional moments and shear forces. Pdf aircraft operating and maintenance documentation and. A knowledge of the basic stresses on aircraft structures will help you understand why aircraft are built the way they are. The position of the cg of an aircraft determines the stability of the aircraft in.
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