What is 'stressed skin'?
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:26 pmI have been reading WWII plane data and they mention it has 'stressed skin'. What is that? 
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:26 pmRe: What is 'stressed skin'?
Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 10:44 pmStressed skin refers to using the aircraft skin as part of the structure and not just as an aerodynamic cover. This results in a lighter airframe. Most modern planes will have a mixture of stressed and unstressed panels, with unstressed being common in areas where a hatch needs to be.
Re: What is 'stressed skin'?
Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:22 pmSilverFox441
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Re: What is 'stressed skin'?
Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 10:24 pmMono' and semimono'. Mono is the version that uses the aircraft skin for support, semimono uses the skin for a portion and a light substructure for the rest. Mono is drasticly lighter but it is far more difficult to repair. It has strength like a pop can: it can withstand tons of force in certan directions but zero in others which will cause the plane to cave in.
Re: What is 'stressed skin'?
Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:24 amI think Blackbird is referring to " Monocoque " and " Semi-Monocoque "....
Re: What is 'stressed skin'?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 2:06 pm[quote]I think Blackbird is referring to