Course syllabus

  1. Learning outcome
  2. Course syllabus

010093404-66 โครงสร้างและวัสดุทางการบินและอวกาศ (Aerospace Structures and Materials)

Course Syllabus

Data entry : Dr.Pathawee Kunakorn-ong
1. Course number and name

010093404-66 โครงสร้างและวัสดุทางการบินและอวกาศ (Aerospace Structures and Materials)

2. Credits and contact hours

3(3-0-6)

3. Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name

Dr.Pathawee Kunakorn-ong

4. Text book, title, author, and year

  1. SUN, C.T., “Mechanics of aircraft structures”, John Wiley&Sons Inc.,3rd edition, 2021.
  2. Peery, D.J., “Aircraft Structures” Dover Publications, The original edition of this text is firstly published in 1950, just after the end of WWII, e-book edition republished in 2011, McGraw Hill.
  3. Bruhn, E.F., “Analysis and design of flight vehicle Structures”, Tri-State Offset publishing Co., 1973.
  4. Megson, T.H.G. “Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students”, Edward Arnold publishing, 4th edition, 2007.

5. Specific course information

  1. brief description of the content of the course (catalog description)
    Review of the fundamental of static structural analysis by applying the Newton 2nd law and drawing the free body diagram of a system of forces and moments to solve structural problem such as truss, beam, and frame structures, brief introduction to common stress field problem including the Airy and Prandtl stress problem, St Venant's principle for analyzing the stress concentration in structure, the fundamental of thin walled and shell structure for determining shear flow and shear stress in fuselage and wing structures, The introduction to conventional materials used in lightweight structure which are titanium and aluminum alloys.
  2. prerequisites or co-requisites
    010083102-67 Mechanics of Solids
  3. indicate whether a required, elective, or selected elective (as per Table 5-1) course in the program
    Required :

6. Specific goals for the course

  1. specific outcomes of instruction (e.g. The student will be able to explain the significance of current research about a particular topic.)
  2. explicitly indicate which of the student outcomes listed in Criterion 3 or any other outcomes are addressed by the course.
    ABET Student Outcome (SO) Listed in Criterion 3 Performance indicator
    SO5 an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
    • PI-5.1 PI-5.1 desc
    • PI-5.2 PI-5.2 desc
    • PI-5.3 PI-5.3 desc
    • PI-5.4 PI-5.4 desc

7. Brief list of topics to be covered
Week Topic Details Activities
1 Review on historical perspective of different types of aircraft -Able to draw the free body diagram of the following structures such as truss, beam, and frame structures. -Able to determine reactions, forces, and moment done on structures. -Apply the concept of stress-strain relationship to obtain normal and shear stress in the structures. Presentation of syllabus, Lecture on chapter 1
2 Static structural analyses & theory of elasticity - solve equilibrium equations for system of forces and moments by drawing free body diagram of the following structures: - planar and space trusses - beams - frames - concept of stress and strain or Hooke’s law -Elastic strain energy, plane elasticity, stress functions Lecture on chapter 2 in ref. a ICQ#2
3 Torsion -Saint-Venant’s principle - Torsion of solid section - Torsion of closed single-cell and multicell thin-walled sections - Warping in thin-walled sections Lecture on chapter 3 in ref. a ICQ#3
4 Bending and flexural shear - Bernoulli-Euler beam equation - Bidirectional bending - Transverse shear stress due to transverse force in symmetric sections Lecture on chapter 4 in ref. a ICQ#4
5 Flexural shear flow in thin-walled sections - Flexural shear flow in open thin-walled sections - Shear center in open sections - Closed thin-walled sections and combined flexural and torsional shear flow -Closed multicell sections Lecture on chapter 5 in ref. a ICQ#5
6 Failure criteria for isotropic materials -Strength criteria for brittle materials -Yield criteria for ductile materials -Fracture mechanics -Stress intensity factor Lecture on chapter 6 in ref. a ICQ#6.
7 Elastic buckling -Elastic buckling of straight bar with different end conditions -Initial Imperfection -Post-buckling behavior -Bar of asymmetric section -Torsion-flexural buckling of thin-walled bars -Elastic buckling of flat plate -Local buckling of open sections Lecture on chapter 8 in ref. a ICQ#7.
8 Introduction to the analysis of composite materials -Plane stress equations -Off-axis loading -Stacking sequence in laminates -Effective moduli for symmetric laminates -Laminar stresses Lecture on chapter 10 in ref. a ICQ#9.
9 Aerospace materials Review on aerospace materials will be presented - Brief introduction to composite materials in the aircraft - Al and Al alloys widely used as common materials in subsonic aircraft -Ti and Ti alloys commonly used in hypersonic aircraft and gas turbine engine components Lecture on chapter 11 according to specific texts
10-13 Review on selected topics Review on selected topics Review on selected topics
8. Course Assessment
Course assessment Weight score (%) Assessment tools Date
Midterm exam 30 midterm examination
Final exam 40 final examination
Quiz/homework 15 quiz
Assignment 10 assignment
The grading table
Grading Rank
>= 80% A
74% - 79.99% B+
67% - 73.99% B
59% - 66.99% C+
51% - 58.99% C
46% - 50.99% D+
40% - 45.99% D
0% - 39.99% F

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