Technical comparison of thick and thin skin monocoque construction; author is chief designer to Westland Aircraft, Ltd; in Whirlwind, magnesium is used as skin of rear fuselage portion; case for thicker skins with fewer stringers is argued; in other words, closer approach to true monocoque construction.


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    Title :

    Fuselage shells


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Flight ; 46 , n 1854


    Publication date :

    1944


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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