MAE 371 Aerospace Structures I

Prof. Kara Peters        TR 1:30-2:45      BR 2211

Announcements and files for downloading

Date posted                       Files

Aug 21                                  Course Syllabus

                                                Introduction Slides

                                                Office hours this semester will be Monday and Wednesday from 4:15-5:15.

Aug 25                                  The TA for this course will be Sachin Pawar (sspawar@ncsu.edu). His office is located in 4181 BR.

Aug 28                                  His office hours will be Tues, Thurs 12:30-1:30.

Aug 31                                  Homework #1

                                                Stress example problem 1

                                                Stress example problem 2

Sep 3                                     Homework #2

                                                Principal Stress example problem 1

                                                Principal Stress example problem 2

                                                Megson 1.2 problem solution

Sep 15                                   Equilibrium and kinematic equations in cylindrical coordinates

                                                Make-up lecture: http://online.ncsu.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=9c1010b0-a27c-4015-b81d-1ef6bfdc31d6

                                                (use your unity ID and password to access the video)

Sep 18                                   Solutions to homework 1

                                                Solutions to homework 2

                                                Thermal loading example problem

Sep 22                                   Homework #3

                                                Handout on Composite Material Properties (plane stress)

                                                Strain gauge example problem

                                                Linear thermo-elastic constitutive law example problem

Sep 23                                   slides on composites from 9/22/09

Sep 29                                   Solutions to homework 3

                                                Equation sheet for test 1 (you do not need to bring the sheet with you to the test)

Oct 1                                      Handout on moments of inertia

Oct 15                                   Homework #4

Oct 16                                   Answers for problem 3, test 1

Oct 22                                   Homework #5

Oct 23                                   Solutions to homework 4

                                                Example of properties of beam with multiple materials

                                                Example of “non-square” section (Megson problem 16.6)

Nov 2                                    Solutions to homework 5

Nov 5                                    Homework 6

                                                Shear center example problem

Nov 13                                  Solutions to homework 6

Nov 16                                  Equation sheet for test 2 (you do not need to bring the sheet with you to the test)