Abstract:

The present paper reviewed briefly some developmest courses of solid mechanics and showed the close relationship between the development of . solid mechanics and its applications to engineerings. The Flight Vehicle Strength, as an application of solid mechanics to aeronautical and mis sile structures, is discussed. Particularly, discussions on some important aspects of the Flight Vehicle Strength much as the Mechanics of Composite Materials, Computational Mechanics, Active Suppression on Flutter, Safety and Reliability of Structures, and Fatigue and Fracture, are given. The present paper aims at the investigation and study of the state-of-the-art of branches described about and trying to predict the possible research trends.