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Airframe design is a field of aerospace engineering that combines aerodynamics, materials technology and manufacturing methods with a focus on weight, strength and aerodynamic drag, as well as reliability and cost.
Airframe is a novel by the American writer Michael Crichton, his eleventh under his own name and twenty-first overall, first published in 1996, in hardcover, by Knopf, just months after the crash of Tarom Flight 371. As a paperback, Airframe was released in 1997 by Ballantine Books.
An aircraft airframe encompasses the fuselage, wings, tail assembly and undercarriage, providing essential structural strength and rigidity for flight. This critical component is key to an aircraft's performance, efficiency and safety.
Airframe is a novel about airplanes, and specifically an investigation into a plane accident by the plane's manufacturer. Though all the characters know more about airplanes than you ever will, Crichton has presented a spectacular mixture of in-depth research and understandable explanations.
Airframe, basic structure of an airplane or spacecraft excluding its power plant and instrumentation; its principal components thus include the wings, fuselage, tail assembly, and landing gear.
An overview on loads generation, structural design philosophies, and the material used in airframe manufacture.
Appreciate some of the history and evolution of aerospace flight structures. Understand the primary loads on an airframe, such as tension, compression, bending, torsion, and shear. Know how aircraft structures are constructed, including spars, ribs, stringers, skin, etc.
Airframe is nonstop reading, full of the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that are the hallmarks of Michael Crichton. “A one-sitting read that will cause a lifetime of white-knuckled nightmares.”—
The airframe is the basic structure of an aircraft, designed to withstand aerodynamic forces and stresses imposed. Stresses include the weight of fuel, crew, and payload. The airplane is controllable around its lateral, longitudinal, and vertical axes by deflection of flight control surfaces.
The airframe of an aircraft refers to the structure or frame that supports all other components, including the fuselage, wings, tail, and landing gear. Learn more about the importance and components of an aircraft airframe.