Experimental Stress Analysis 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 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aero 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Aero Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of experimental stress analysis is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS
Basic Characteristics and Requirements of a Measuring System – Principles of Measurements – Precision, Accuracy, Sensitivity and Range of Measurements – Sources of Error – Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data – Contact Type Mechanical Extensometers – Advantages and Disadvantages – Examples of Non -Contact Measurement Techniques.
Unit II
ELECTRICAL-RESISTANCE STRAIN GAUGES
Strain Sensitivity in Metallic Alloys – Gage Construction – Gage Sensitivities and Gage Factor – Corrections for Transverse Strain Effects – Performance Characteristics of Foil Strain Gages – Materials Used for Strain Gauges – Environmental Effects – The Three-Element Rectangular Rosette for Strain Measurement – Other Types of Strain Gages – Semiconductor Strain Gages Grid & Brittle Coating Methods of Strain Analysis.
Unit III
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Unit IV
PHOTOELASTIC METHODS OF STRESS ANALYSIS
Introduction to Photo elastic Methods – Stress-Optic Law – Effects of a Stressed Model in a Plane Polariscope – Effects of a Stressed Model in a Circular Polariscope – Tardy Compensation – Two-Dimensional Photo elastic Stress Analysis – Fringe Multiplication and Fringe Sharpening – Materials for Two-Dimensional Photo elasticity – Properties and Calibration of Commonly Employed Photo elastic Materials – Introduction to Three-Dimensional Photo elasticity.
Unit V
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
Different types of NDT Techniques – Acoustic Emission Technique – Ultrasonic – Pulse-Echo – Through Transmission – Eddy Current Testing – Magnetic Particle Inspection – X-Ray Radiography – Challenges in Non-Destructive Evaluation – Non-Destructive Evaluation in Composites – Image Processing Basics.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, Students will be able to
- Analyse the performance of measuring instrumentation.
- Impart knowledge on different methods of strain measurement.
- Design different strain gauge circuits.
- Use photo elasticity for stress analysis.
- Exposure the different types of non-destructive testing methods.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Albert S. Kobayashi,’ Handbook on Experimental Mechanics, Prentice HallPublishers,2008.
- Durelli, A.J.Applied Stress Analysis, Prentice Hall of India Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, 1970.
- Hetenyi, M., Hand book of Experimental Stress Analysis, John Wiley and Sons Inc.,New York, 1972.
- James F. Doyle and James W. Phillips, ‘Manual on Experimental Stress Analysis’, 5thEdition, 1989.
- Ramesh, K., Digital Photoelasticity, Springer, New York, 2000
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