RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING LESSON PLAN Sub Code &Name: AE2302-AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES-II Branch: Aeronautical

Engineering Staff: Prof. PS Venkatanarayanan Semester: V Year III

OBJECTIVE: To study the behaviour of various aircraft structural components under different types of loads.
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TOPICS TO BE COVERED General Introduction to aircraft structures

UNSYMMET RICAL BENDING SHEAR FLOW IN OPEN SECTIONS SHEAR FLOW IN CLOSED SECTIONS

Principal axis and neutral axis methods Bending stresses in beams of symmetric sections with skew loads Bending stresses in beams of unsymmetrical sections Tutorial Thin walled beams, Concept of shear flow, shear centre, Elastic axis With one axis of symmetry, with wall effective With wall Ineffective in bending, unsymmetrical beam sections Tutorial Bredt Batho formula, Single and multi cell structures Shear flow in single & multicell structures under torsion Shear flow in single and multicell under bending with walls effective Shear flow in single and multicell under bending with walls ineffective Tutorial Introduction & Explaination of Buckling of plates. Rectangular sheets under compression Local buckling stress of thin walled section Crippling stresses by Needhams and Gerards methods Thin walled column strength-sheet stiffener panels-Effective width. Tutorial Aircraft components structures - Introduction Shear resistant web beams Tension field web beams(Wagners) Shear and bending moment distribution for cantilever and semicantilever types of beams. Loads on aircraft lift distribution-V-n diagram-Gust loads Tutorial

BUCKLING OF PLATES

STRESS ANALYSIS IN WING AND FUSELAGE

TEXT BOOKS

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Peery, D.J., and Azar, J.J., Aircraft Structures, 2nd edition, McGrawHill, N.Y., 2007. Megson, T.M.G., Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students, Edward Arnold, 2007.

REFERENCES 1. Bruhn. E.H. Analysis and Design of Flight vehicles Structures, Tri state off set company, USA, 1985. 2. Rivello, R.M., Theory and Analysis of Flight Structures, McGraw-Hill, 1993.

AE2302 OBJECTIVE

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES II

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To study the behaviour of various aircraft structural components under different types of loads. 1. UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING 9

General, Principal axis and neutral axis methods- bending stresses in beams of symmetric sections with skew loads- bending stresses in beams of unsymmetrical sections. 2. SHEAR FLOW IN OPEN SECTIONS 9

Thin walled beams, Concept of shear flow, shear centre, Elastic axis. With one axis of symmetry, with wall effective and ineffective in bending, unsymmetrical beam sections. 3. SHEAR FLOW IN CLOSED SECTIONS 9

Bredt Batho formula, Single and multi cell structures.- Shear flow in single & multicell structures under torsion. Shear flow in single and multicell under bending with walls effective and ineffective. 4. BUCKLING OF PLATES 9

Rectangular sheets under compression, local buckling stress of thin walled section-Crippling stresses by Needhams and Gerards methods, Thin walled column strength-sheet stiffener panels-Effective width. 5. STRESS ANALYSIS IN WING AND FUSELAGE 9 Shear resistant web beams-Tension field web beams(Wagners) Shear and bending moment distribution for cantilever and semi-cantilever types of beams-loads on aircraft lift distributionV-n diagram-Gust loads TUTORIAL: 15 TOTAL: 60 PERIODS TEXT BOOKS 3. Peery, D.J., and Azar, J.J., Aircraft Structures, 2nd edition, McGrawHill, N.Y., 2007. 4. Megson, T.M.G., Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students, Edward Arnold, 2007. REFERENCES 3. Bruhn. E.H. Analysis and Design of Flight vehicles Structures, Tri state off set company, USA, 1985. 4. Rivello, R.M., Theory and Analysis of Flight Structures, McGraw-Hill, 1993.