18AS43: Aerospace Structures-I AS Syllabus for BE 4th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU

Aerospace Structures-I detailed Syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (AS), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all other VTU AS 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU AS 4th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for aerospace structures-i is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Module 1

Design for Static Strength: Introduction: Normal, shear, biaxial and tri-axial stresses, Stress tensor, Principal Stresses, Stress Analysis, Design considerations, Codes and Standards. Static Strength: Static loads and factor of safety, Theories of failure: Maximum normal stress theory, Maximum shear stress theory, Maximum strain theory, Strain energy theory, and Distortion energy theory, failure of brittle and ductile materials, Stress concentration, and Determination of Stress concentration factor.

Module 2

Design for Impact and Fatigue Strength: Impact Strength: Introduction, Impact stresses due to axial, bending and torsional loads, effect of inertia. Fatigue Strength: Introduction, S-N Diagram, Low cycle fatigue, High cycle fatigue, Endurance limit, modifying factors: size effect, surface effect, Stress concentration effects, Fluctuating stresses, Goodman and Soderberg relationship, stresses due to combined loading, cumulative fatigue damage.

Module 3

Module 4

Theory of Elasticity: Theory of Elasticity: Concept of stress and strain, derivation of Equilibrium equations, strain displacement relation, compatibility conditions and boundary conditions. Plane stress and Plane strain problems in 2D elasticity. Principle Stresses and Orientation of Principle Directions. Structures: Statically Determinate and Indeterminate structures, Analysis of plane truss, Method of joints, 3D Truss, Plane frames, Composite beam, Clapeyron’s Three Moment Equation.

Module 5

Energy Methods: Strain Energy due to axial, bending and Torsional loads. Castigliano’s theorem, Maxwell’s Reciprocal theorem. Columns: Columns with various end conditions, Euler’s Column curve, Rankine’s formula, Column with initial curvature, Eccentric loading, south-well plot.

Course Outcomes:

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks. Each full question consisting of 20 marks.
There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students Megson, T.H.G Butterworth-Heinemann 6th edition,2016
Analysis of Aircraft Structures -An Introduction Donaldson, B.K Cambridge University Press 2nd edition,2012

Reference Books:

For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 4th Sem Aerospace Engineering, visit (AS) 4th Sem Syllabus Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE results, visit VTU BE all semester results direct links.

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