Code: 9A21504

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

AEROSPACE VEHICLE STRUCTURES - II

(Aeronautical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1. The spar of an aircraft is to be designed as an incomplete diagonal tension beam, the flanges being parallel. The stiffener spacing will be 250 mm, the effective depth of web will be 750 mm, and the depth between web-to-flange attachments is 725 mm. The Z section shown in fig is made of AI alloy 2024-73 sheet. What compressive stresses will start the local buckling of element and on which element of the member? 19mm Max. Marks: 70

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1.6mm

38mm

3.

Explain about buckling of flat plates in compression with neat sketches and graphs. Also discuss about end fixity of plates. Determine the shear centre for the circular section of radius R, thickness t having a naviour slit. What are the various forms of fuselage structures? Explain fuselage construction with the help of neat sketches? Derive the expression for the total torque of I section beam subjected to torsion with the help of neat sketches.

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Contd. in page 2

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Determine the maximum shear stress and the warping distribution in the channel section shown in figure given below, when it is subjected to an anticlockwise torque of 10 Nm. G=25,000 N/mm2. 1.5 mm 2 1

S(R)

50 mm 0

2.5 mm 3 25 mm 4

8.

Derive the expression for the total torque of unlipped L section beam subjected to torsion with the help of neat sketches

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Code: 9A21504

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

AEROSPACE VEHICLE STRUCTURES - II

(Aeronautical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1. 2. Derive the general Wagner equations for the tension field beam theory A sheet panel 125 mm, 320 mm, 12 mm has all edges simply supported. The panel is subjected to compression loads, which produce compressive stresses of 1700 N/ applied normal to 125 mm side. Will the sheet buckle under the given load system if made of AI alloy 2024-73 material. What is the margin of safety? Max. Marks: 70

3. (a) What is effective width of the sheet? Explain with neat sketches. (b) Explain plastic buckling of flat sheet with graphs and neat sketches and derive the expression for equivalent L /= ( s/t where L = effective length = radius of gyration. S = distance between rivets along the direction of load application. t = thickness of the sheet. 4. Define shear flow. Explain the concept of shear flow in thin walled beams with the help of neat sketch. What are the longerons, transverse stringers and span web? Explain their significance with the help of net sketches for wing and fuselage. Derive the torsional bending constant for arbitrary section beam subjected to torsion.

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Cond. in page 2

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The thin walled section shown in figure given below is constrained to twist about an axis through R, the centre of the semicircular wall 34. Calculate the maximum shear stress in the section per unit torque and the warping distribution per unit rate of twist. Also compare the value of warping displacement at the point 1 with that corresponding to the section being constrained to twist about an axis through the point O and state what effect this movement has on the maximum shear stress and the torsional stiffness of the section. 1 r t r O R r 4 5 r 6 r 3 2 r

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Derive the expression for the total torque of unlipped T section beam subjected to torsion with the help of neat sketches. *****

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Code: 9A21504

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

AEROSPACE VEHICLE STRUCTURES - II

(Aeronautical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1. 2. Derive the general Wagner equations for the Tension field beam theory. Find the shear flow in each web of the beam shown in figures and plot the distribution of axial along each stiffening member. Solve for each of the following loading conditions. Take 1 in = 25.4 mm. (a) = 13350 N = =0 (b) = 26700 N = =0 (c) = 26700 N = 2670 N = 26700 N Max. Marks: 70

5 in P1 10 in

10 m

10 m

10 m

3.

Explain pure bending of thin plates and show that the deformed shape of the plate is spherical and of curvature 1/ = M/[D(1+ )] where poisons ratio, D is flexural rigidity, M is moment. Derive the shear stress formula for a symmetric beam subjected to transverse shear force F. Write short notes on the following: (a) Sketch tapered wing and fuselage. (b) Sketch the shear flow variation over the symmetrical wing and fuselage. Derive the total torque equation for arbitrary section beam subjected to torsion. Contd. in page 2

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The cold-formed section shown figure given below is subjected to a torque of 50 Nm. Calculate the maximum shear stress in the section and its rate of twist. G=25,000 N/mm2.

15 mm 2 mm 25 mm

25 mm

15 mm 25 mm 8.

20 mm

Derive the expression for the total torque of unlipped channel section beam subjected to torsion with the help of neat sketches.

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Code: 9A21504

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

AEROSPACE VEHICLE STRUCTURES - II

(Aeronautical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1. Drive the approximate formulae for semi-tension field beam. Max. Marks: 70

2. (a) Explain critical bucking stress for a stiffened panel and how it differs from that of a flat plate. (b) Find crippling stress for the angles shown in figure given below, using Gerards method.

22mm

38mm

3.

The spar of an aircraft is to be designed as an incomplete diagonal tension beam, the flanges being parallel. The stiffener spacing is 250 mm; effective width of web is 750 mm and depth between web-to-flange attachments is 725 mm. The spar is to carry an ultimate shear force of 100 kN maximum permissible shear stress is 165 N/mm2. It is required that the shear stress should not exceed 15 times the critical shear stress for the web panel. Assuming angle of diagonal tension to be 40 Calculate stiffener end load and secondary bending moment in the flanges.

4. (a) Explain what do you mean by shear centre. (b) Prove that the shear centre lies at the junction for an angle section with equal legs. 5. Explain shear flow in wing and fuselage and sketch the variation. Contd. page in 2

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An axially symmetric beam has the thin-walled cross-section shown in figure given below. If the thickness t is constant throughout and making the usual assumptions for a thin-walled cross-section, show that the torsion bending constant calculated about the shear centre S is d5t y 2 d 1

t 3

d 6 d 7. (a) Discuss the effect of torsion in open section beams and derive the equations for shear stress distribution and the maximum shear due to applied torque. (b) Explain primary and secondary warping with the help of equations in terms of applied torque. 8. Derive the expression for the total torque of unlipped I section beam subjected to torsion with the help of neat sketches. 5

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