Unit Information
An introduction to nonsymmetric loading of beams with open and closed cross-sections; analysis of thin-walled aircraft structures; 2D stress analysis and failure criteria; material structures, properties and processing, and introduction to principles of sustainable manufacture.
Your learning on this unit
On successful completion of the unit the student will be able to:
Apply the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory to cases involving arbitrary cross-sections (solid or thin-walled, open or closed sections) and arbitrary loading (on-axis or off-axis);
Analyse the torsion and bending of thin-walled light aircraft structures;
Describe and evaluate common manufacturing methods for conventional aircraft structures;
Describe and evaluate common material processing routes and diagnose failures arising from inappropriate processing;
Conduct basic life-cycle analyses on selected industrial scenarios.
