Evan Carew wrote:
For anyone actually watching this thread who is interested in purchasing
the book, its ISBN is as follows:

ISBN-13: 978-0788113437

Evan

Amazon is selling it used for $21. Aircraft Spruce sells it new for
$19. It appears that EAA may still sell it in the members area of their
website, but since I haven't upped mine again this year, I can't tell
for sure. The author, Tom Rhodes was a professional engineer that did
stress analysis for Republic on the reconnaissance version of the F-84F.
He later did stress analysis on the XB-70. The book, "Stress without
Tears" subtitled "A Primer on aircraft-stress analysis requiring no
advanced mathematics" was actually first published as a 42 part article
in "Kitplanes" in 1985. Rhodes actually went to the effort of having it
peer reviewed by other engineers in the field. It is not going to equip
you to do work for Boeing, but it will give you an understanding of the
basics and lead you into more advanced texts. A bargain at $20. It
appears that EAA may still sell it in the members area of their website,
but since I haven't upped mine again this year, I can't tell for sure.

Charles