Vibration and Aeroelasticity detailed syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engg) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Aerospace Engg 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.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS
Introduction to simple harmonic motion, D’Alembert’s principle, free vibrations – damped vibrations – forced vibrations, with and without damping – support excitation – transmissibility – vibration measuring instruments.
Unit II
MULTI DEGREE OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS
Two degrees of freedom systems – static and dynamic couplings – vibration absorber- Multi degree of freedom systems – principal co-ordinates – principal modes and orthogonal conditions – Eigen value problems – Hamilton’s principle – Lagrangean equations and application.
Unit III
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Unit IV
APPROXIMATE METHODS
Approximate methods – Rayleigh’s method – Dunkerley’s method – Rayleigh-Ritz method- Holzer method – Matrix iteration method.
Unit V
ELEMENTS OF AEROELASTICITY
Vibration due to coupling of bending and torsion – aeroelastic problems – Collars triangle – wing divergence – aileron control reversal – flutter – buffeting. – elements of servo elasticity
Course Outcomes:
- Solve single and multi-degree vibrating systems
- Distinguish types of vibrations according to dampness and particle motion.
- Solve the different numerical methods to solve continuous system.
- Solve approximate methods to find natural frequency of a system
- Examine Collars Triangle and Aero elastic Problems
- Examine the effect of Aileron reversal, flutter and wing divergence.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Bisplinghoff R.L., Ashely H and Hogman R.L., “Aeroelasticity”, Addision Wesley Publication, New Tork, 1983.
- Den Hartog, “Mechanical Vibrations” Crastre Press, 2008.
- TSE. F.S., Morse, I.F., Hinkle, R.T., “Mechanical Vibrations” – Prentice Hall, New York, 1984.
- William W Seto, “Mechanical Vibrations” – McGraw Hill, Schaum Series.
- William Weaver, Stephen P. Timoshenko, Donovan H. Yound, Donovan H. Young. ‘Vibration Problems in Engineering’ – John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2001
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