Introduction to Aerospace Structures
Video Lectures
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Solid Mechanics for Aerospace Structures Topics: ○ Stress and Strain Tensor ○ Invariants of Stress and Strain ○ Material Characterization ○ Failure Prediction ○ Elasticity |
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Aerospace Materials Topics: ○ Drivers for Airframe Materials ○ Beneficial Properties ○ Choice of Materials ○ Fatigue ○ Corrosion ○ Wear ○ Creep |
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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 |
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Composites Topics: ○ Fibre Reinforced Materials ○ Properties ○ Characterization ○ Laminates ○ Classical Laminate Theory ○ Failure Prediction |
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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 |
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Thin walled Structure Idealisation Topics: ○ Structural Idealization Process ○ Bending, Shear and Torsion of Idealized Structures |
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Complex Thin walled Structures Topics: ○ Combined Open-Closed Sections ○ Multi-cell Structures ○ Built-up Stiffened Structures (Deep Stiffened Beams) |
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Joints and Clips Topics: ○ Bolted Joints ○ Multi-Row Joints ○ Shear and Tension Clips ○ Bolt Groups |
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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 |
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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) |