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107 - ATPL - The fuselage of an aircraft consists, among others, of stringers whose purpose is to:

Question 107 - Aircraft General Knowledge - Airframe, Systems, Powerplant - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

Provide sound and thermal isolation.
Withstand the shear stresses.
Integrate the strains due to pressurization to which the skin is subjected and convert them into a tensile stress.
Assist the skin in absorbing the longitudinal traction-compression stresses.

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