- a more concrete interpretation of "design".
- not my specialty, certainly the static structures are not.
- I won't talk about domes and bridges ( traffic vs. trains ).
- still a few remarks on lightweight design, for the love of airplanes.
- tents.
- concentrate compression (against buckling).
- spread tension (cable endings have volume).
- early aircraft
- torsion - don't let the canary out.
- biplanes and sesquiplanes.
- torsion.
- thin-walled structures
- similar in modern aircraft and in ships.
- shear.
- torsion.
- stressed skin (compression).
- fail safety.
- Gordon - "New Science of Strong Materials" - ship's caulking.
- limit myself to aero engines, as machines go.
- radial engines.
- sleeve valve engines.