Aircraft Structures I
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Aircraft Structures I Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Aircraft Structures I (subject code 2140101) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 4 divides the course into 7 units, covering 34 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2140101)Unit 1 Unit – 1
- Introduction of structure and structural analysis Types of Structure
- basic concept of determinate and indeterminate structure
- static and kinematic indeterminacy of structure
- Introduction to stability of structure
- Elastic theorems (Principal of superposition
- Maxwell’s Reciprocal Theorem)
- Principal of Virtual work
Unit 2 Unit – 2
- Slope and deflection of determinate beams Differential equation of the elastic curve
- relation between moment- slope and deflection
- Double Integration Method
- Macaulay’s method
- Conjugate Beam Method
- Moment area Method
Unit 3 Unit – 3
- Analysis of perfect pin-jointed frames Classification of truss (simple truss
- compound truss
- complex truss)
- Analysis of statically determinate plane and space truss using Tension Co-efficient Method and Graphical Method
- Identification of zero force members in truss
Unit 4 Unit – 4
- Strain Energy Concept of strain energy
- resilience and proof resilience
- strain energy due to axial load
- sudden loads and impact load
Unit 5 Unit – 5
- column buckling Introduction to column buckling
- slenderness ratio and effective length
- Euler’s theory for buckling of long column
- Rankine formula
Unit 6 Unit – 6
- Theory of failure Maximum principal stress theory
- Maximum shear stress theory
- Maximum shear strain theory
- Maximum strain energy theory
- Maximum shear strain energy theory
Unit 7 Unit – 7
- Vibration of rigid body Terms related to rigid body vibration
- D’alembert principal
- single degree rigid body vibration using equilibrium approach and energy theorem
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