Lecture Description
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)
Course Index
Course Description
This course covers introductory and intermediate topics related to analysis and design of airframes:
Aerospace Materials and their Properties
- Lightweight Materials - Alloys and Composites
- Tensors - Stress, Strain, Invariants
- Failure Prediction
- Material Degradation - Fatigue, Corrosion, Wear
- Analysis of Composite Materials
Classical Airframe Analysis:
- Airframe Loads
- Stressed Skin Design Philosophy
- Role of Airframe Components
- Thin-walled Approximation
- Structural Idealization
- Analysis of Indeterminate Trusses
- Bending, Shear and Torsion of Complex Beams
- Detailed Stressing - Joints and Cut-outs
Structural Instability and Aeroelasticity:
- Buckling of Columns and Plates
- Stiffened Panel Analysis and Design
- Aeroelasticity - Divergence, Control Reversal and Flutter