Question

To decrease the weight of a typical commercial fuselage, stringers should be _________

(a) straight and uninterrupted

(b) straight and curved

(c) interrupted at every point

(d) only straight

This question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

Enquiry is from Configuration Layout in section Configuration Layout Considerations of Aircraft Design

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) straight and uninterrupted

To explain: A typical transport fuselage will have more numbers of stringers attached to its structure. Stringers are short and light structural elements. They are distributed around fuselage circumference. Stringers should be straight and uninterrupted to minimize the weight as possible and as per our requirement.