AE6403AIRCRAFTSTRUCTURESILTPC

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OBJECTIVES:
x Toprovidethestudentsanunderstandingonthelinearstaticanalysisofdeterminate
andindeterminateaircraftstructuralcomponents.
x Toprovidethedesignprocessusingdifferentfailuretheories.
UNITISTATICALLYDETERMINATE&INDETERMINATESTRUCTURES9
Planetrussanalysismethodofjointsmethodofsectionsmethodofshear3Dtrusses
principleofsuperposition,clapeyrons3momentequationandmomentdistributionmethodfor
indeterminatebeams.
UNITIIENERGYMETHODS10
Strain Energy in axial, bending, torsion and shear loadings. Castiglianos theorems and their
applications.Energytheoremsdummyload&unitloadmethodsenergymethodsappliedto
staticallydeterminateandindeterminatebeams,frames,rings&trusses.
UNITIIICOLUMNS
10
Eulers column curve inelastic buckling effect of initial curvature the Southwell plot
columnswitheccentricityuseofenergymethodstheoryofbeamcolumnsbeamcolumns
withdifferentendconditionsstressesinbeamcolumns.
UNITIVFAILURETHEORIES
9
Ductile and brittle materials maximum principal stress theory maximum principal strain
theorymaximumshearstresstheorydistortionenergytheoryoctahedralshearstresstheory.
UNITVINDUCEDSTRESSES
7
ThermalstressesimpactloadingFatigueCreepStressRelaxation
TOTAL(L:45+T:15):60PERIODS
OUTCOMES
x Ability to perform linear static analysis of determinate and indeterminate aircraft
structuralcomponents
x Abilitytodesignthecomponentusingdifferenttheoriesoffailure
TEXTBOOKS:
1.TimoshenkoandGere,"MechanicsofMaterials",TataMcGrawHill,1993.
2. Megson T M G, "Aircraft Structures for Engineering students" Elsevier Science and
Technology,2007
3.PeeryandAzar,"AircraftStructures"
REFERENCES:
1.Donaldson,B.K.,"AnalysisofAircraftStructuresAnIntroduction",McGrawHill,1993.
2. Bruhn E F, "Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures", TriState Offset Company,
USA,1985
3.Peery,D.J.andAzar,J.J.,"AircraftStructures",2ndEdition,McGrawHill,N.Y,1999.