• U.S. Air Force Stress Analysis Manual (Free Download)
• G. Maddux, U.S. Air Force Stress Analysis Manual, Dayton, Ohio: Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 1969.
• Airframe Stress Analysis and Sizing
• M. Niu, Airframe Stress Analysis and Sizing, Hong Kong: Adaso/Adastra Engineering Center, 2011.
• Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures
• E. Bruhn, Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Indianapolis, Indiana: Jacobs Publishing, Inc., 1973.
• Design Engineers Handbook
• K. Richards, Design Engineers Handbook, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2012.

Papers:

• Development in the Analysis of Lugs and Shear Pins
• M. A. Melcon and F. M. Hoblit, Product Engineering, Volume 24, Number 6, pages 160-170, June 1953
• Analysis of Lugs and Shear Pins Made of Aluminum and Steel Alloys
• F. P. Cozzone, M. A. Melcon and F. M. Hoblit, Volume 21, Number 5, pages 113-117, May 1950
• Static Strength Analysis of Pin-Loaded Lugs
• J. C. Ekvall, Static Strength Analysis of Pin-Loaded Lugs, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 23, No. 5 (1986), pp. 438-443