Course detail

Aircraft Structure

FSI-OSZ-AAcad. year: 2022/2023

Structure and strength of aircraft acquaints students with the basic conceptual arrangements of aircraft in relation to other fields, especially aerodynamics, flight mechanics and aircraft materials. Furthermore, the course focuses on the description of individual airframe components with emphasis on the basic principles of load determination, design and strength analysis. An integral part of this knowledge is the introduction to the theory of thin-walled structures and their calculation.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

7

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Ivo Jebáček, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Aerospace Engineering (LÚ)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course Aircraft Structure and Strength enables students to gain knowledge about aircraft design, load calculation and strength analysis. The student will learn to work with prescription requirements and on the basis of them design part.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of general elasticity and strength. Basic knowledge of physics, kinematics and dynamics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught in the form of lectures that have the character of explanation of basic principles and theory of the given discipline. The exercise is focused on practical mastery of the subject matter covered in the lectures. Teaching is complemented by laboratory exercises.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course-unit credit requirements 90% attendance at seminars. It is also necessary to submit completed and elaborated computational exercises. The exam is written.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with basic structural units and their requirements in terms of their function and strength.

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

90% participation in exercises, elaborating a protocol, presentation of all tasks from exercises.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Čalkovský A.: Konstrukce a pevnost letadel, , 0
Mertl Vl.: Konstrukce letadel, , 0
Roskam J.: Airplane design, , 0
Slavík S.,Stavba letadel, ČVUT, 1999

Recommended reading

Cutler J.: Understanding Aircraft Structures, , 0

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-AST-A Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme N-ENG-Z Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme M2E-A Master's

    branch M-IND , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme LLE Lifelong learning

    branch CZV , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

65 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Ivo Jebáček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Requirements for aircrafts.
2. Aircraft loading. Maneuvers, gusts, ground loads. Multiple.
3. Airworthiness requirements. Definitions and terms. Envelopes. Load cases
4. Wing structure, external shapes, load. Wing mechanization. Flaps, slots, spoilers, brakes. Constructional solutions.
5. One, two or more beam structures, strength calculation
6. Single and multi-cavity construction under general load.
7. Loads of joints and hinges
8. Horizontal and vertical tail surfaces. Structural design and loading
9. Hull. Purpose, requirements and hull design. Pressurized cabins. Lattice structures.
10. Management. Management systems. Design of control elements.
11. Power unit, engine location, engine bed.
12. Landing gear. Requirements, classification and arrangement. Load and chassis design.

Laboratory exercise

2 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. František Löffelmann, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Participation at aircraft structure test.

Exercise

24 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Ivo Jebáček, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Calculation of bars, Castiglian theorem.
2. Gust and maneuver envelopes.
3. Wing loading.
4. Tail loading
5. Calculation of beams
6. Single cavity beam structure.
7. Two-chamber beam construction.
8. Engine bed strength calculations
9. Loading of hinges and joints
10. Rivet and glued joints
11. Landing load loads

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course