Introduction to Aerospace Structures

Video Lectures

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Lecture 1
Solid Mechanics for Aerospace Structures
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Solid Mechanics for Aerospace Structures
Topics:
○ Stress and Strain Tensor
○ Invariants of Stress and Strain
○ Material Characterization
○ Failure Prediction
○ Elasticity
Lecture 2
Aerospace Materials
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Aerospace Materials
Topics:
○ Drivers for Airframe Materials
○ Beneficial Properties
○ Choice of Materials
○ Fatigue
○ Corrosion
○ Wear
○ Creep
Lecture 3
Thin walled Beams (Bending)
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Thin walled Beams (Bending)
Topics:
○ Beam View of Aircraft ○ Structures
○ Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
○ Thin-walled Approximation
○ Centres and Axes
○ Moments of Area
○ Unsymmetrical Bending
Lecture 4
Composites
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Composites
Topics:
○ Fibre Reinforced Materials
○ Properties
○ Characterization
○ Laminates
○ Classical Laminate Theory
○ Failure Prediction
Lecture 5
Thin walled Beams (Shear)
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Thin walled Beams (Shear)
Topics:
○ Shear Flow
○ Torque Diagrams
○ Torsion of Open and Closed Closed Sections
○ Shear of Open and Closed Sections
○ Shear Centre
Lecture 6
Thin walled Structure Idealisation
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Thin walled Structure Idealisation
Topics:
○ Structural Idealization Process
○ Bending, Shear and Torsion of Idealized Structures
Lecture 7
Complex Thin walled Structures
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Complex Thin walled Structures
Topics:
○ Combined Open-Closed Sections
○ Multi-cell Structures
○ Built-up Stiffened Structures (Deep Stiffened Beams)
Lecture 8
Joints and Clips
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Joints and Clips
Topics:
○ Bolted Joints
○ Multi-Row Joints
○ Shear and Tension Clips
○ Bolt Groups
Lecture 9
Buckling of Columns and Shells
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Buckling of Columns and Shells
Topics:
○ Structural Instability
○ Linear and Nonlinear Buckling of Columns
○ Elasticity and Buckling of Shells
○ Local Instability of Thin-walled Columns
Lecture 10
Aeroelasticity
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Aeroelasticity
Topics:
• Definition of Aeroelasticity
• Range of Aeroelastic effects
• Static Aeroelasticity
○ Load redistribution
○ Divergence
○ Control Reversal
• Dynamic Aeroelasticity
○ Flutter
§ 1D flutter (control surface example)
§ 2D flutter (wing example)