University Of Limerick

Aerospace Structures

ME4031

Iowa State Course Substitution

Advanced Flight Structures

AERE 4210

Course Info

International Credits: 6.0
Converted Credits: 3.0
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Course Description:

Theory of elasticity; Airy stress function. Energy methods for structural analysis. Shear and torsion of open and closed thin walled sections, single and multicell sections. Bending and twisting of thin plates. stress analysis and failure criteria. Stress analysis of aerospace components; fuselages, wings. Design of spacecraft structures, Selection of materials, Composite spacespace structure manufacturing and validation, Trusses and truss spaceframes. Local buckling of thin-walled tubes. Application of proprietary structural analysis software packages and the application of Finite Element Analysis to aircraft structures. Experiments on tapered spars, c-and z-section beams.

Review

Evaluated Date:
December 21, 2022
Evaluated:
Shahram Pouya
Expiration Date:
December 21, 2027