AERE 3210: Flight Structures Analysis
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: AERE Junior or Senior and EM 3240 and credit or 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)