Aircraft Loads and Structures, 5 op

Fundamentals of structural analysis (Review of theories of structural mechanics)

⊛ Basic Elasticity

⊛ Torsion of Solid Sections

⊛ Virtual Work and Energy Methods

⊛ Matrix Methods and a Brief Introduction to Finite Elements Methods

⊛ Thin plates & Columns (Bending, Buckling, Twisting, etc)

Analysis of aircraft structures

⊛ Introduction to Aircraft Materials (Importance, Properties, Requirements, Manufacturing, Selection, Failures, Advanced Materials, etc)

⊛ Structural Components of Aircraft

⊛ Airframe Loads & Airworthiness

⊛ Elements of Fatigue of Aircraft Structures

⊛ Bending, Shear & Torsion of Open and Closed Thin-Walled Beams

⊛ Structural Idealization

⊛ Basics of stress analysis on aircraft components