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DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING COURSE SYLLABUS
AE 331: Aerospace Structures I COURSE TITLE ENGLISH
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CREDITS Th. Pr. Tr. Total Aerospace Structures I AE 331 331 ط ـه 3 1 3
Pre-requisites: AE303, MENG 270
Course Role in Curriculum Required Course Catalogue Description:
Aircraft structural details. Review of statics and strength of materials. Properties of sections (centroids, moments of inertia, etc.). Equilibrium of force systems (truss, beam and frame structures and landing gear). Normal force, Shear force and bending moment diagrams (NFD, SFD & BMD). General loads on aircraft. Torsion (stresses and
deflections). Bending normal stresses. Bending shear stresses (solid and open sections).
Shear flow in closed thin-walled sections. MATLAB & GUI development of structural analysis tools (NFD, SFD & BMD). Lab Experiments.
Textbooks:
(Author, Title, Pub., year)
Megson, T.H.G, Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students, Fifth Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012.
Supplemental Materials: Course Notes: Various professors compiled notes Course Learning Outcomes:
By the completion of the course the students should be able to:
1. Identify the nature and the composition of aircraft structures in order to know the type of loads acting on the aircraft
2. Calculate the centroid and second moment of area, find the principle axis and use the parallel axes theorem
3. Identify and distinguish between unstable and stable and between determinate and indeterminate structures
4. Define the equilibrium of the force systems in different structures (truss, beam, frame and aircraft landing gear)
5. Find the internal forces and reactions in trusses by applying static equilibrium equations 6. Sketch the free body diagrams to find the bending moments and shear forces in beams,
frames, wing and aircraft
7. Define the type of loads on aircraft and calculate the inertia loads and load factors
8. Calculate the shear stresses and deflection due to torsion for circular, open and thin walled closed sections
9. Calculate the bending stresses due to bending, find normal stress and neutral axis
10. Calculate the bending shear stresses for closed and open sections and find the shear center 11. Calculate the shear flow for thin-walled closed sections
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Topics to be Covered: Duration
in Weeks
1. Aircraft structural details 0.5
2. Review of statics and strength of materials 0.5
3. Properties of section: centroid, 2nd moment of area…etc 0.5
4. Equilibrium of forces systems 0.5
5. Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams 1
6. General load on aircraft 1
7. Torsion: stresses and deflections (Circular sections, Open thin walled sections, and Closed thin walled sections)
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8. Stresses due to bending 1
9. Bending shear stresses (Solid sections, Open sections, and Shear center) 2
10. Shear flow in closed thin walled sections 1
11. Laboratory experiments 2
12. MATLAB & GUI development of structural analysis tools 2 Student Outcomes addressed by the course: (Put a
sign)
(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
(g) an ability to communicate effectively
(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues
(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Key Student Outcomes assessed in the course: (a) and (k)
