UNSW Handbook Course - Advanced Aerospace Structures and Vibrations

Advanced Aerospace Structures and Vibrations - AERO4410


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: AERO3410
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Design and analysis of structural detail including analysis of bolted and bonded joints. Vibration of continuous systems; flexural vibration of beams. Practical application of finite elements to analysis and design of aircraft and space structures; nonlinear analysis including geometric and material nonlinearity and analysis of contact; dynamic analysis including free and forced vibration and transient solutions; FEA applied to structural design and optimisation; interfaces with CAD systems. Fatigue and fracture including load spectra, fatigue life prediction, crack growth, damage tolerance and residual strength. Aeroelasticity including divergence, control reversal and flutter.

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