AEE462 DESIGN OF AEROSPACE STRUCTURES
| Course Code: |
5720462 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(2-2) |
| ECTS Credit: |
12.0 |
| Department: |
Aerospace Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assoc.Prof.Dr. ERCAN GÜRSES |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
| Prerequisite: |
Set 1: 5720362
|
| The course set above should be completed before taking
AEE462 DESIGN OF AEROSPACE STRUCTURES . |
Course Content
Airworthiness requirements. Minimum weight design of columns, beams and torsion members. Design for combined loading. Load factors, distribution of loads in an aircraft structure. Ultimate load analysis and design of wing box beams and idealized fuselage cross-sections. Aeroelastic and fatigue considerations in aircraft design. Structural requirements and concepts for manned and unmanned spacecraft. Design of such craft for very high temperature loading.
