Introduction to aircraft structures Aircraft structural components Construction of structural components Loads of airframe Materials used for aircraft structures Steel alloys Magnesium alloys Aluminum alloys Titanium alloys Polymer matrix composites Metal matrix composites Fiber-metal laminates Sandwich composites Trends in applicability of structural materials Mechanics and failure of aircraft structures Fundamentals on elasticity Generalized Hooke's law Anisotropic engineering elastic constants Mechanics of laminated structures Micromechanics of laminated structures Constitutive relations of an orthotropic lamina Classical lamination theory Fundamentals on plasticity Constitutive relations for generalized plasticity Idealized models of plasticity Fundamentals on viscoelasticity Fundamental models of viscoelasticity Boltzmann superposition principle Yield and failure criteria for aircraft structures Yield criteria for ductile aircraft materials Failure criteria for advanced aircraft materials Fundamentals on fracture mechanics Introduction to fracture mechanics Linear elastic fracture mechanics Strain energy release rate concept Basic crack extension modes Linear elastic fracture of anisotropic materials Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics Simplified elastic-plastic fracture models J-integral and related fracture criterion Experimental determination of critical SERR values Dynamie fracture Motfs model Stress field and SERR during dynamie fracture Dynamie fracture criterion Fatigue of aircraft structures Fundamentals on fatigue Fatigue process of materials Models of fatigue fracture Crack closure Fatigue of composites Fatigue fracture of polymers and polymeric composites Fatigue fracture of fiber-metal laminates Fatigue of joints Threaded fasteners Riveted joints Welding joints Adhesive joints Environment-assisted fatigue Environment-assisted fatigue and fracture of metals Emdronment-assisted fracture of polymers and PMCs Prediction of fatigue failure of aircraft structures Defects and damage in aircraft structures Design errors Materiał and manufacturing defects Microstructural inhomogeneity Casting and forging defects Sheet forming defects Welding defects Surface defects Defects related to storage and manufacturing of PMCs In-service damage Damage of metallic structures Damage of composite structures Design philosophies of aircraft structures Safe-life Fail-safe Damage tolerance Design methodology Fracture control Damage tolerance aircraft reąuirements Condition-based maintenance Non-destructive testing and monitoring of aircraft structures Non-destructive testing methods Introduction to non-destructive testing Visual testing Penetrant testing Magnetic testing Eddy current testing Acoustic testing Ultrasonic testing Vibration testing Double pass retroreflection Interferometrie testing Infrared thermography Radiographic testing Terahertz spectroscopy Training and certification of NDT operators Structural health monitoring methods SHM systems based on elastic wave propagation Vibration-based SHM systems SHM systems based on acoustic emission SHM systems based on electromechanical impedance SHM systems based on embedded optical fibers SHM systems based on electrical resistance Other sensing technologies used in SHM Aircraft structural repair Introduction to aircraft structural repair Structural repair of metallic aircraft structures Welding and cold working repair Sheet metal repair Structural repair of polymeric and composite aircraft structures Repair of cracks and holes in polymeric structures Repair of damage in laminated composite structures Repair of damage in sandwich structures Materials used for repair of metal and composite structures Testing and ąuality control of repaired structures