| The course covers the introduction of mechanics of materials and
introduction to linear elasticity, including stress and strain, generalized
Hooke's law, thin-walled pressure vessels, and principal stresses. The course
also covers the form and function of aerospace structural components,
materials allowable, and factors and margins of safety. Flight and ground
loads and the bending of beams having asymmetric cross-sections are
covered as they relate to aerospace structures. Shear flow analyses of stress
in idealized semi monocoque cross-sections and the elastic buckling of
columns and thin-wall structures are introduced. ***This is a provisionally approved course for the Aerospace Engineering Major (AEN0) and must undergo review by the Curriculum Committee NLT AY26-2. Pending ABET-PEV review of ET=3.5CR.*** |