What are the Stresses on the Fuselage?
1. Tension
2. Compression
3. Bending
4. Shear
5. Torsion
All the members (or major portions) of an aircraft are subjected to one or more of these stresses. Sometimes a member has alternate stresses, such as compression one instant and tension the next. Some members can carry only one type of stress. Wire and cables, for example, normally carry only tension.

