APL431 Aircraft Structures

Credits: 3 (3-0-0)

Prerequisites: APL100, APL104

Description

Introduction to elasticity and aerospace structures Loads on aerospace structures, Beams, Truss and Frame Torsion of noncircular prismatic bars. Curved beams. Stability of structures. Theory of Thin-walled beams, Open and closed cross-section, Torsion and bending of thin-walled beams. Normal stresses and shear flows, shear Centre, bending and torsional stability. Energy and variational based numerical methods.

Prerequisite Tree

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APL431-40[APL431]
APL104-40 --> APL100-40[APL100]
APL431-40 --> APL100-40[APL100]
APL431-40 --> APL104-40[APL104]

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