The module descriptors for our undergraduate courses can be found below:
- Four year Aeronautical Engineering degree (H401)
- Four year Aeronautical Engineering with a Year Abroad stream (H410)
Students on our H420 programme follow the same programme as the H401 spending fourth year in industry.
The descriptors for all programmes are the same (including H411).
H401
Aeroelasticity S4
Module aims
This module introduces the theory and practice of aeroelasticity in fixed-wing aircraft. Aeroelasticity is concerned with coupled problems involving structural dynamics and unsteady flows, such as vibrations of wings in flight, their dynamic response to atmospheric turbulence, and the changes on control effectiveness of deforming air vehicles. All those are addressed in this module, which will introduce the most common analytical and numerical models used for aeroelastic analysis.
Learning outcomes
4. Appraise the scope of loads and aeroelasticity within aircraft design and awareness of the analysis tools used in the aerospace industry.
Module syllabus
1) Introduction to aeroelastic and aeroservoelastic phenomena and their causes.
Teaching methods
Learning will be reinforced through tutorial question sheets that will be discussed in tutorial lessons.
Assessments
You will be summatively assessed by a written 2-hour closed book examination in January.
Reading list
Core
Suplementary
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Introduction to Aircraft Aeroelasticity and Loads
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Introduction to aircraft aeroelasticity and loads
Second edition., John Wiley & Sons Inc; John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Introduction to nonlinear aeroelasticity
Wiley Blackwell
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Introduction to structural dynamics and aeroelasticity
2nd ed., Cambridge University Press
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An Introduction to the theory of aeroelasticity
Dover Publications, Inc
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Principles of aeroelasticity
Dover Publications