AE3403: Aircraft Structures – I syllabus for AERO 2021 regulation

Aircraft Structures – I detailed syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (AERO) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University 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 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit AERO 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of aircraft structures – i is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

STATICALLY DETERMINATE & INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES 9 Plane truss analysis – method of joints – method of sections – method of shear – 3-D trusses -principle of super position, Clapeyrons 3 moment equation and moment distribution method for indeterminate beams.

Unit II

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Unit III

COLUMNS 9 Eulers column curve – inelastic buckling – effect of initial curvature – Southwell plot – columns with eccentricity – use of energy methods – theory of beam columns – beam columns with different end conditions – stresses in beam columns.

Unit IV

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Unit V

INDUCED STRESSES 9 Thermal stresses – impact loading – Fatigue – Creep – Stress Relaxation

Course Outcomes:

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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.

Reference Books:

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

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Aeronautical Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit AERO 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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