Aeroelasticity detailed syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Aero students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Aeronautical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aero 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to Aero Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of aeroelasticity is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
AERO ELASTICITY PHENOMENA
Vibration of beams due to coupling between bending and torsion – The aero-elastic triangle of forces -Stability versus response problems – Aeroelasticity in Aircraft Design – Vortex induced vibration -Introduction to aero servo elasticity.
Unit II
DIVERGENCE OF A LIFTING SURFACE
Simple two dimensional idealizations – Strip theory – Fredholm integral equation of the second kind -Exact solutions for simple rectangular wings – Semi rigid assumption and approximate solutions -Generalized coordinates – Successive approximations – Numerical approximations using matrix equations.
Unit III
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Unit IV
FLUTTER ANALYSIS
Non-dimensional parameters – Stiffness criteria Dynamic mass balancing – Modelexperiments -Dimensional similarity – Flutter analysis – Two dimensional thin airfoils in steady incompressible flow – Quasi steady aerodynamic derivatives – Galerkin’s method for critical speed – Stability of distributed motion – Torsion flexure flutter – Solution of the flutter determinant – Methods of determining the critical flutter speeds – Flutter prevention and control.
Unit V
EXAMPLES OF AEROELASTIC PROBLEMS
Galloping of transmission lines and flow induced vibrations of tall slender structures and suspension bridges – Aircraft wing flutter- Vibrational problems in Helicopters.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, Students will be able to
- Formulate and perform classical solutions of aeroelastic problems.
- Calculate divergence of a lifting surface in the aerospace vehicles.
- Formulate aeroelastic equations of motion and use them to derive fundamental relations for aeroelastic analysis.
- Analyze the static aeroelastic instabilities such as divergence, control surface reversal and flutter
- Analyze the aeroelastic problems in civil and mechanical engineering.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Bisplinghoff., R.L. Ashley, H., and Halfman, R.L, “Aeroelasticity” Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Inc. II ed. 1996.
- Broadbent, E.G., Elementary Theory of Aeroelasticity, Bunhill Publications Ltd, 1986.
- Blevins R.D, “Flow induced vibrations”, Krieger Pub Co; 2 Reprint editions, 2001.
- Scanlan, R.H. and Rosenbaum, R., Introduction to the Study of Aircraft Vibration and Flutter, Macmillan Co., N.Y., 1991.
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