ENG85 3031 Aircraft Structures 3(2-3-7)
Prerequisite: ENG85 2110 Mechanics of Materials I
The principles of deformation; stress and strain in materials; properties of materials; stress and strain relations; analysis of simple mechanical elements subjected bending shear and torsion; theories of failure; analysis of plate connection; principles of stressed skin analysis; analysis of the opened and closed thin-walled tubes; stress analysis of aircraft components including wing spars, box beams, fuselage and others.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
1. Understand the preliminary structure analysis and failure criteria;
2. Describe the failure parameters of structural analysis;
3. Understand limitations and range of applicability of mechanical and aircraft structural analysis;
4. Describe the plate theory; calculate deflections in thin plates and stress distribution;
5. Analyze for an outline suitable thin wall tube, wing, fuselage and features of mechanical parts or aircraft structural parts that will satisfy requirements or that appropriate to an action.
