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AIRFRAME STRESS ANALYSIS AND SIZING

Materials for Course

The text, Airframe Stress Analysis and Sizing, Michael C. Y. Niu (Second Edition, 1999, Hong Kong Conmilit Press LTD.), and lecture notes are distributed on the first day of the course.

Schedule for Course
(Detailed schedule available):

MONDAY
Overview
Sizing Procedures
Sizing Affected by Manufacturing and Maintenance
Structural Loads
Material Selection

TUESDAY
Structural Basic Principles
Beam Bending and Shear
Beam Torsion
Closed Thin-Walled Box Beam

WEDNESDAY
Plate and Shell Under Normal Pressure
Local Instability and Crippling
Column and Beam Column
Buckling of Thin Sheet
Shear Resistant Beams
Incomplete Diagonal Tension Beams

THURSDAY
Holes and Cutouts
Structural Joint
Compression Panels
Damage Tolerant Panels (in tension)

FRIDAY
Wing and Empennage Box Sizing
Fuselage Body Sizing
Structural Test Set-up and Considerations
wrap-up and Discussion

 

Course Outlines and Prerequisites

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