All you need to know about aircraft structures and materials, tools and fasteners, layout, setback, bends and repairs, and practical applications of dies, jigs and fixtures. Great for special classes and homebuilders. Fully illustrated with glossary, index and study questions. Written by Nick Bonacci. ISBN# 0-89100-296-0. 140 pages.

A complete course of study for the aircraft maintenance student in the subject of aircraft structures. Covers tools, materials, processes.

Long regarded as a standard in its field, this book describes the principles of fairing, development, and layout by first introducing the fundamentals of these operations and then explaining how they are used to achieve a definite result. The fundamentals of fairing and development are used identically for both large ships and small boats.Written in 1941 by the late Sam Rabl, this book has been reprinted as a result of numerous requests from persons in the boat and shipbuilding businesses.

Material properties -- Sheet deformation processes -- Deformation of sheet in plane stress -- Simplified stamping analysis -- Load instability and tearing -- Bending of sheet -- Simplified analysis of circular shells -- Cylindrical deep drawing -- Stretching circular shells -- Combined bending and tension of sheet -- Hydroforming.