This course is an introductory graduate level course. Fundamental topics will be chosen from the following: three-dimensional states of stress; measures of strain; plane stress and plane strain; thermoelasticity; Airy stress function; and energy methods. Applied topics will be chosen from the following: bending and shear stresses on unsymmetric cross-sections; bending of composite beams; bending of curved beams; torsion of thin-walled noncircular cross sections; and failure criteria. Students cannot receive credit for this course if they have taken AE/ME 5380 “Foundations of Elasticity” or AE/ME 5381 “Applied Elasticity”.
AE 5431: Solid Mechanics for Aerospace Structures
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