Topics:
○ Structural Instability
○ Linear and Nonlinear Buckling of Columns
○ Elasticity and Buckling of Shells
○ Local Instability of Thin-walled Columns

1. Solid Mechanics for Aerospace Structures
2. Aerospace Materials
3. Thin walled Beams (Bending)
4. Composites
5. Thin walled Beams (Shear)
6. Thin walled Structure Idealisation
7. Complex Thin walled Structures
8. Joints and Clips
9. Buckling of Columns and Shells
10. Aeroelasticity

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