Aerospace Structural Mechanics I

4 credits

Aircraft and spacecraft flight loads and operational envelopes, three-dimensional stress/strain relations, metallic and composite materials, failure theories, three-dimensional space trusses and stiffened shear panels, combined extension-bend-twist behavior of thin-walled multicell aircraft and space vehicle structures, modulus-weighted section properties, shear center. Prerequisites: SE 105 or MAE 21 and SE 101B or MAE 30B and SE 110A or MAE 131A or MAE 131AR.