AEM 5651

Aeroelasticity
Syllabus Spring 2012
MWF 10:10-11
Akerman Hall 211
Instructor: William L. Garrard
Office: 121a Akerman Hall
Office Hours: 11:00 12:00 MWF
Phone: 612 625 9002
Email: wgarrard@aem.umn.edu
Prerequisites: AEM 4202, AEM 4301, [grad student or IT upper div]
Description: Static aeroelastic phenomena, torsional divergence of a lifting surface,
control surface reversal. Aeroelastic flutter, unsteady aerodynamics. Problems of gust
response, buffeting.
No formal text is required. Class notes will be posted on the Class web site.
References:
Y. C. Fung, An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity, Dover, 1993.
Dewey H. Hodges and G. Alvin Pierce, Introduction to Structural Dynamics and
Aeroelasticity, Cambridge, 2002
Grade: Based on Homework Assignments Only. No exams or final.
Tentative Schedule:
Week

Topic

January 16-20

Review of
Aerodynamics
Review of
Structures and
Dynamics
Static Divergence

January 23-27
January 3-February
3
February 6-10
February 13-17
February 20-24

Aileron Reversal
Review of Ordinary
Differential
Equations
2 DOF Flutter

Reading Assignment Homework

Assignment
Class notes 1

February 27-March
2
March 5-9
March 12-16
March 19-23
March 26-30
April 2-6
April 9-13
April 16-20
April 23-27
April 30-May 4

Steady
Aerodynamics
2 DOF Flutter
Steady
Aerodynamics
2 DOF Flutter
Quasi-Steady
Aerodynamics
Spring Break
2 DOF Flutter
Unsteady
Aerodynamics
2 DOF Flutter
Unsteady
Aerodynamics
Gust Response
Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models
Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models
Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models
Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models