The Library Shelf

Abstract

The author is Professor of Aeronautical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the Brooklyn Polytechnic. He is well known to the British aero‐nautical world not only for his writings but as a fluent and stimulating speaker. In this volume Professor Hoff develops a system of analysis starting from the principle of virtual displacements. In the first of the four Parts this principle is explained and, after a brief glance at its application to mechanisms, is used to find the forces and displacements in jointed frameworks. The principle is applicable to both simply stiff and redundant frames. An engine mounting under torque loads from a radial engine is discussed in full detail to illustrate the application to a redundant space frame with the aid of tension coefficients. This Part ends with the treatment of beams by virtual displacements, the Hardy Cross moment distribution method and the analysis of the rigid unbraced frame.

Citation

(1957), "The Library Shelf", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 58-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb032797