Monocoque
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Monocoque, also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word monocoque is a French term for "
Deperdussin Monocoque, with wooden shell construction
LFG Roland C.II with wooden Wickelrumpf monocoque fuselage
Zeppelin D.I, the first production all-metal monocoque aircraft
1981 McLaren MP4/1, with a carbon fiber composite monocoque
Stressed skin
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In mechanical engineering, stressed skin is a rigid construction in which the skin or covering takes a portion of the structural load, intermediate between monocoque, in which the skin assumes all or
Monocoque
…wooden aircraft are described as monocoques, even though they also incorporate frames. By contrast, a semi-monocoque is a hybrid combining a tensile stressed skin and a compressive structure made up of longerons and ribs or frames. Other semi-monocoques, not to be confused with true monocoques, include vehicle…
Internals of stressed skin construction on Murphy Moose showing frames and supporting skin
Section from the original Britannia Bridge, showing top and bottom stressed-skin construction
Worker carrying partially finished Deperdussin Monocoque fuselage, c. 1912