AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING – MRCET (UGC – Autonomous)

R20A2110
AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES

COURSE FILE
III B. Tech I Semester
(2022-2023)
Prepared By
Dr. Ajith Raj R, Associate Professor

Department of Aeronautical Engineering

MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(Autonomous Institution – UGC, Govt. of India)
Affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad, Approved by AICTE - Accredited by NBA & NAAC – ‘A’ Grade - ISO 9001:2015 Certified)
Maisammaguda, Dhulapally (Post Via. Kompally), Secunderabad – 500100, Telangana State, India.
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MRCET VISION
 To become a model institution in the fields of Engineering, Technology and Management.

 To have a perfect synchronization of the ideologies of MRCET with challenging demands of

International Pioneering Organizations.

MRCET MISSION

To establish a pedestal for the integral innovation, team spirit, originality and competence in the

students, expose them to face the global challenges and become pioneers of Indian vision of

modern society.

MRCET QUALITY POLICY.

 To pursue continual improvement of teaching learning process of Undergraduate and Post

Graduate programs in Engineering & Management vigorously.

 To provide state of art infrastructure and expertise to impart the quality education.
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PROGRAM OUTCOMES
(PO’s)
Engineering Graduates will be able to:
1. Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering
fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
2. Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex
engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics,
natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
3. Design / development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and
design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate
consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental
considerations.
4. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research
methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the
information to provide valid conclusions.
5. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern
engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with
an understanding of the limitations.
6. The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess
societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the
professional engineering practice.
7. Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions
in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable
development.
8. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms
of the engineering practice.
9. Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in
diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
10. Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering
community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports
and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.
11. Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering
and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team,
to manage projects and in multi disciplinary environments.
12. Life- long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in
independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.
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DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

VISION

Department of Aeronautical Engineering aims to be indispensable source in Aeronautical

Engineering which has a zeal to provide the value driven platform for the students to acquire
knowledge and empower themselves to shoulder higher responsibility in building a strong
nation.

MISSION

The primary mission of the department is to promote engineering education and research. To
strive consistently to provide quality education, keeping in pace with time and technology.
Department passions to integrate the intellectual, spiritual, ethical and social development of the
students for shaping them into dynamic engineers.

QUALITY POLICY STATEMENT

Impart up-to-date knowledge to the students in Aeronautical area to make them quality
engineers. Make the students experience the applications on quality equipment and tools.
Provide systems, resources and training opportunities to achieve continuous improvement.
Maintain global standards in education, training and services.
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PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES – Aeronautical Engineering

1. PEO1 (PROFESSIONALISM & CITIZENSHIP): To create and sustain a

community of learning in which students acquire knowledge and learn to apply
it professionally with due consideration for ethical, ecological and economic
issues.
2. PEO2 (TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS): To provide knowledge based
services to satisfy the needs of society and the industry by providing hands on
experience in various technologies in core field.
3. PEO3 (INVENTION, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY): To make the
students to design, experiment, analyze, and interpret in the core field with the
help of other multi disciplinary concepts wherever applicable.
4. PEO4 (PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT): To educate the students to
disseminate research findings with good soft skills and become a successful
entrepreneur.
5. PEO5 (HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT): To graduate the students
in building national capabilities in technology, education and research

PROGRAM SPECIFIC OUTCOMES – Aeronautical Engineering

1. To mould students to become a professional with all necessary skills,

personality and sound knowledge in basic and advance technological areas.
2. To promote understanding of concepts and develop ability in design
manufacture and maintenance of aircraft, aerospace vehicles and associated
equipment and develop application capability of the concepts sciences to
engineering design and processes.
3. Understanding the current scenario in the field of aeronautics and acquire ability
to apply knowledge of engineering, science and mathematics to design and
conduct experiments in the field of Aeronautical Engineering.
4. To develop leadership skills in our students necessary to shape the social,
intellectual, business and technical worlds.
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MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

III Year B.Tech. ANE- I Sem L/T/P/C
3/-/-/3
(R20A2110) Aircraft Structures
OBJECTIVES:

The course should enable the students to:

1. Familiarize with modern aircraft structures.

2. Investigate buckling of plates
3. Obtain knowledge on Strain Energy
4. Idealize a real aircraft structure
5. Analyze various structural components like wing and fuselage

UNIT –I
THEORY OF THIN PLATES AND THIN WALLED BEAMS
Analysis of thin rectangular plates subject to bending, distributed transverse load, combined
bending and twisting, Wagner beam analysis.
UNIT –II
UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING
Unsymmetrical bending‐resolution of bending moments ‐ direct stress distribution, shear flow
in open section beams, shear centre, Torsion of thin walled closed section- Bredth ‐ Batho
shear flow.
UNIT‐III
STRUCTURAL IDEALIZATION AND LOADING DISCONTINUITIES IN THIN WALLED BEAMS
Structural idealization of different aircraft components, shear stress distribution at a built in
end of aclosed section beam.
UNIT‐ IV
STRESS ANALYSIS OF AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS
Wing and Fuselage - Direct stress and shear flow distribution -Wing spars, tapered wing
and fuselage frames.
UNIT –V
ENERGY METHODS
Strain Energy due to axial, bending and torsional loadings. Deflection in beams- Castigliano’s theorem
Text Books:
1. Aircraft structures for engineering students by T H G Megson
2. Strength of materials by Hibler.
3. Strength of materials by R.S.Khurmi.
Reference Books:
1. David J. Peery "Aircraft Structures" McGraw Hill Book Company.
2. Argyris J.H. and Kelsey S.Energy theorems and structural analysis, Butter
worths Scientific Publications 1960.
Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology (MRCET)
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Take moment with respect to any point on the beam to find T and substitute in the above equation to find qs0
Add qso with all the basic shear flow values.
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 Add these values to the basic shear flow values

Pz1 and Pz2 are the components in the z direction of the axial loads P1 and P2 in the flangs and Py1 and Py2

are the components parallel to y axis.

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