Longeron

Interior of a Boeing/Stearman PT-17 showing small channel section stringers

In engineering, a longeron or stringer is a load-bearing component of a framework.

The term is commonly used in connection with aircraft fuselages and automobile chassis. Longerons are used in conjunction with stringers to form structural frameworks.[1]

  1. ^ "Longeron". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2018-05-15.