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Fundamentals of Aircraft Structures

This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, schedule, and textbooks for a course on fundamentals of aircraft structures. The course aims to teach students basic concepts of stress and strain, analysis and design of aircraft components, and types of loads on aircraft. Over 15 weeks, students will use ANSYS software to analyze aircraft structures, learn failure theories, and design joints through lectures, practical sessions, and assignments. By the end of the course, students will be able to solve statically indeterminate structures, analyze aircraft buckling, and relate failure theories to aircraft design.

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Fundamentals of Aircraft Structures

This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, schedule, and textbooks for a course on fundamentals of aircraft structures. The course aims to teach students basic concepts of stress and strain, analysis and design of aircraft components, and types of loads on aircraft. Over 15 weeks, students will use ANSYS software to analyze aircraft structures, learn failure theories, and design joints through lectures, practical sessions, and assignments. By the end of the course, students will be able to solve statically indeterminate structures, analyze aircraft buckling, and relate failure theories to aircraft design.

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FUNDAMENTALS OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 To comprehend the basic concepts of stress and strain
 To analyze and Design simple aircraft structural components
 To acquire the knowledge of types of loads on aerospace vehicles

COURSE OUTCOMES
The students will able to
 Solve statically indeterminate structures.
 Make simplified analysis of aircraft structures and apply energy methods.
 Determine the critical buckling load of columns
 Relate failure theories with aircraft structural problems
 Design the various joints for loading conditions

Knowledge gained on Tools: ANSYS APDL Software

Lecture: 3hr/week Practical: 2hrs/week X-component: 3hrs/week Credits: 5


Week Lecture Practical X-Component
Determination of ANSYS APTL – Plane
Plane truss analysis
1 Flexural strength of Truss analysis: Simply
plane frame analysis
materials - Experiment supported beam
Determination of
ANSYS APTL – Plane
Flexural strength of
2 Analysis of a 3-D truss Truss analysis: Cantilever
materials – Matlab
beam
Solution
ANSYS APTL –
Analysis of continuous Continuous beam and
Deflection of Beams-
3 beams using Chaperon’s simply supported
Experiment
3-moment equation. (Combined point load and
UDL load)
Energy expression for ANSYS APDL –
various loadings and its Deflection of Beams– Deflections of Beams:
4
application to statically Matlab Solution Simply supported beam and
determinate beams central load
Energy expression for
Verification of ANSYS APDL – Fixed
various loadings and its
5 Maxwell’s Reciprocal beam and UDL load –
application to statically
Theorem- Experiment Deflection calculations
indeterminate beams
Verification of
Trusses and Frames Maxwell’s Reciprocal ANSYS APTL – Plane
6
Rings Theorem – Matlab Frame Analysis
Solution
7 Buckling of Long column Mid Term Test - ANSYS APTL – Buckling
and short column Practical of Long Column – Pinned
Inelastic buckling support
Columns with different Constant Strength beam ANSYS APTL – Fixed
8
end conditions - Experiment support
Southwell plot
Imperfections in columns, Constant Strength Beam ANSYS APTL – Pinned
9
stresses and deflections in - Matlab and free support
a beam-column
Buckling Load
Failure of Ductile and estimation of Slender ANSYS APDL – Mild Steel
10
brittle materials Eccentric Columns- Tension test
Experiment
Buckling Load
Theories of failure and estimation of Slender ANSYS APDL – Mild Steel
11
their Failure envelopes Eccentric Columns Compression test
-Matlab
Introduction to fatigue Experiment using Photo
ANSYS APDL – Mild Steel
12 failure and fracture elastic setup -
Thermal Stress analysis
mechanics of materials Experiment
ANSYS APDL –
Types of joints and rivets Experiment using Photo
13 Geometrical Section
Failure of joints elastic setup - Matlab
Properties
Design of bolted joints
Stresses in bolts and nuts
ANSYS APDL – Bar with
14 due to various loadings Model lab Examination
Axial Load and Shear load
Axial load, shear load and
combined loading
Types of welded joints
End Semester – Practical
15 Strength of welded joints Report Preparation
Examination
for various loadings

Text Books:
1. ‘Mechanics of Materials’ by James M. Gere & Barry J Goodno, cengage Learning
Custom Publishing; 8th edition, 2012.
2. Megson T M G, `Aircraft Structures for Engineering students’ Butterworth- Heinemann
publisher, 5th edition, 2012.
3. N.C. Pandya, C.S. Shah, “Elements of Machine Design”, Charotar Publishing House, 15th
edition, 2009.

References:
1. Donaldson, B.K., ‘Analysis of Aircraft Structures - An Introduction’ Cambridge
University Press publishers, 2 ndedition , 2008
2. Bruhn E F, ‘Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures’, Tri-State Off-set
Company, USA, 1985
3. Peery, D.J., and Azar, J.J., Aircraft Structures, 2nd edition, McGraw – Hill, N.Y., 1999.

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