Course detail

The Special Methods of Stress Analyses of Aircraft Structures

FSI-9PALAcad. year: 2013/2014

The course deals with solving stability problems, modern methods of tress analyses and methods of optimization.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Antonín Píštěk, CSc.

Department

Institute of Aerospace Engineering (LÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Graduates will be made familiar with The Special Methods of Stress Analyses of Aircraft Structures.

Prerequisites

The basic knowledge of mathematics, mechanics, structure and strength from previous MSC study

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The evaluation is based on written processing of set questions and interview. Classification fulfills FME BUT rules

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim is to give knowledge of the calculation of stability and application of FEM and structural optimasiation.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

This is not regular study. The course covers individual self-study under supervision of supervisor. The study is checked with regular and irregular consultations with supervisor or supervisor specialist, and with working out the assigned thesis of subject.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Michael Chun-Yung Niu Airframe Structural Design, Practical Design Information and Data on Aircraft Structures Comilit Press Ltd.l, 1991
T.H.G. Megson Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Antonín Píštěk, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Column Buckling
2. The Beam Stability with Open Cross-section
3. The Influence of Eccentricity, Lateral Loads and Cross-section Changes
4. Local Failure or Buckling of a Column
5. Buckling of Thin Plate
6. Thin Skin-stringer Panels
7. Buckling of Thin Plate Under Combination Loads
8. The Beam with Thin Web
9. General Principles of FEM
10. Material and Geometrical Nonlinearities by FEM
11. The Method of Reduction Coefficients
12. The Method of Ste by step Overloading
13. The Basic Principles of Structural Optimization