AE330 Aerospace Structures I

• Text book:
• T. H. G. Megson, An Introduction to Aircraft Structural Analysis, 2 nd ed., Elsevier (2014)
• The textbook is a Revised Edition of Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students, 4th ed., Edward Arnold (2007)
• Lecture notes
• Lecture notes need to be printed one day before the class from KLMS at KAIST Portal

• References:
• C.T. Sun, Aircraft Structures, 2nd ed. , John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2006)
• B. K. Donaldson, Analysis of Aircraft Structures, McGraw-Hill (1993)
• R. M. Rivello, Theory and Analysis of Flight Structures, McGraw-Hill (1969)
• D. H. Allen and W. E. Haisler, Introduction to Aerospace Structural Analysis, John-Wiley and Sons (1985)
• Michael C. Y. Niu, Airframe Structural Design, 2nd ed., Hong Kong Conmilit Press Ltd. (1999)

• Instructor: Chun-Gon KIM (Rm#2305, Ext. 3719; cgkim@kaist.ac.kr)

Hansohl CHO (Ext. 3740, hansohl@kaist.ac.kr)
• TA: TBD
• Evaluation criteria:
• Midterm Exam (40%), Final Exam (40%), Homework (10%), Attendance & Project (10%)
AE330 Syllabus (2024 Spring)
• Ch.00 Introduction-Airframe Design Considerations: Wing & Fuselage
• Ch. 01 Basic Elasticity
• Ch. 02 2D Problems in Elasticity
• Ch. 03 Torsion of Solid Sections
• Ch. 07 Bending of Thin Plates
• Ch. 08 Structural Instability of Columns
• Ch. 09 Structural Instability of Plates
• Ch. 11 Materials
• Midterm exam
• Ch. 12 Structural Components
• Ch. 13/14 Airworthiness and Airframe Loads
• Invited Seminars (Aircraft and Space Structures)
• Ch. 15 Bending of Open and Closed, Thin-walled Beams
• Ch. 16/17 Shear and Torsion of Beams
• Ch. 18 Combined Open and Closed Section Beams
• Ch. 19 Structural Idealization
• Final exam