Aircraft Structures-I detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE54), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to
- Comprehend the basic concepts of stress and strain.
- Acquire the knowledge of types of loads on aerospace vehicles.
- Understand the theory of elasticity.
Module 1
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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
Loads on Aircraft and Aircraft Materials Loads on Aircraft: Structural nomenclature, Types of loads, load factor, Aerodynamics loads, Symmetric manoeuvre loads, Velocity diagram, Function of structural components.
Aircraft Materials: Metallic and non-metallic materials, Use of Aluminum alloy, titanium, stainless steel and composite materials.
Desirable properties for aircraft application. Fracture and Fatigue, Stress Intensity Factor, Crack Growth Rate Derivation.
Module 4
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Module 5
Energy Methods and Columns 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, Beam-column.
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Apply the basic concepts of stress and strain analysis.
- Compute the impact stress.
- Identify appropriate materials for suitable application based on properties.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge.
- Problem Analysis.
- Design / development of solutions
- Interpretation of data
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full question consists of 16 marks.
- There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- V.B. Bhandari, Design of Machine Elements’, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi, 2nd Edition 2007.
- Megson, T.M.G Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students’,., Edward Arnold, 1995.
- Timoshenko and Goodier, Theory of Elasticity’, McGraw Hill Co.
Reference Books:
- Robert L. Norton , Machine Design, , Pearson Education Asia, 2001.
- Donaldson, B.K., Analysis of Aircraft Structures – An Introduction, McGraw-Hill, 1993.
- Timoshenko, S., Strength of Materials, Vol. I and II, Princeton D Von Nostrand Co, 1990
- Joseph E Shigley and Charles R.Mischke, Mechanical Engineering Design, McGraw Hill International edition, 6th Edition 2009.
- Peery, D.J., and Azar, J.J., Aircraft Structures, 2nd edition, McGraw, Hill, N.Y., 1993.
- Bruhn. E.H. Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicles Structures, Tri – state off set company, USA, 1985.
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