MT-1620 al.2002 Aeronautics and Astronautics deal with three major categories of structures 1. Aircraft(atmospheric vehicles 2 Launch vehicles 3. Space structures (partially a civil engineering task? Note: Transatmospheric vehicles can be combinations of 1 and 2 .. the shuttle is IMPORTANT: Many of the design considerations for these three categories are different, but the same techniques and concepts are used to analyze the structures(basically) In fact, except for special design considerations, the techniques used for all structures are basically the same Paul A Lagace @2001 Unit 1 -p 3MIT - 16.20 Fall, 2002 Aeronautics and Astronautics deal with three major categories of structures: 1. Aircraft (atmospheric vehicles) 2. Launch vehicles 3. Space structures (partially a civil engineering task?) (Note: Transatmospheric vehicles can be combinations of 1 and 2…the Shuttle is!) IMPORTANT: Many of the design considerations for these three categories are different, but the same techniques and concepts are used to analyze the structures (basically) In fact, except for special design considerations, the techniques used for all structures are basically the same: Paul A. Lagace © 2001 Unit 1 - p. 3