AERE 3210: Flight Structures Analysis
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: EM 3240 and Credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2660 or MATH 2670
Introduction to elasticity, airworthiness, and flight loads. Introduction to fatigue. Materials selection for flight applications. Thin walled cross-sections under bending, torsion, and shear loads using classical methods. Shear center. Column buckling. Matrix methods of structural analysis.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)