Editing Longeron (section)

{{Short description|Load-bearing component of a framework}}
[[File:Stearman stringer small.jpg|thumb|right|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 fuselage]]s and [[automobile]] [[chassis]]. Longerons are used in conjunction with stringers to form structural frameworks.<ref name="longeron">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Longerons|title=Longeron|dictionary=The Free Dictionary|access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>