Analysis of Aerospace Structures

MECH&AE 166A - Analysis of Aerospace Structures

<p>Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Requisites: courses 82, 101. Not open to students with credit for course 166A. Concepts of stress, strain, and material behavior. Stresses in loaded beams with symmetric and asymmetric cross sections. Torsion of cylinders and thin-walled structures, shear flow. Stresses in pressure vessels, press-fit and shrink-fit problems, rotating shafts. Curved beams. Contact stresses. Strength and failure, plastic deformation, fatigue, elastic instability. Letter grading.</p>

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Applications include aircraft, spacecraft, automobiles, energy and propulsion systems, robotics, machinery, manufacturing and materials processing, microelectronics, biological systems, and more.

General Catalog

Advanced Strength of Materials

MECH&AE 156A

4 units