Anotation:
The course is an introduction lecture for structure branch aerospace technologyavionics and air trafics. The course acquaints with fundamental types of aircraft structures, forces acting on the aircraft structures and aircraft materials. It further acquaints with functions of aircraft control surfaces. Philosophy of the safety, reliability, strength certification, and airworthiness as well as the aviation regulations is given.
Study targets:
The goal of the course is get to know and understand fundamentals of aircraft structures. It represents an understanding of philosophy of an aircraft structure design (types of structures, loads, structure limit states, ...) in relation to the safety, reliability and certifications required by the aviation regulations.
Course outlines:
1. History and development of aeronautics.
2. Design philosophy and role of certification specifications.
3. Safety, reliability and airworthiness.
4. Loading of aircraft and load factor.
5. Manoeuvring loads. Manoeuvring envelope of load factor.
6. Gust load. Gust envelope and envelope of limit load factor.
7. Mass of aircraft, centre of gravity position, mass envelope.
8. Classification of aircraft. Fundamental parts and systems.
9. Fundamental parts of airframe, aircraft materials and loading distribution on the structure.
10. Wing construction.
11. Lift and drag devices.
12. Fuselage construction.
13. Empennage construction.
14. Undercarriage
Exercises outline:
In the introductory part, the exercises will be focused on practical exercises of the state relations between the quantities of the international standard atmosphere and the calculation of basic aerodynamic force effects. Furthermore, they will introduce the content of building regulations and the way they are used in load design (flight envelopes of operational multiples) according to a specific category of aircraft. In the final part, the assembly of the mass envelope and the methodology of the airframe certificate will be practiced by numerical strength control of selected parts of the airframe (beam, cavity, strut). Excursions will also be organized as part of the exercise with practical examples of testing aircraft structures.
