Membrane theory of shells. Shells of revolution. Applications to isotropic and laminated shells. Introduction to nonlinear theory. Flight Vehicle Structural Analysis.
Aircraft loads estimation.
Review of basic elasticity. Stress functions Prandtl stress function, St. Venant warping, membrane analogy. Bending, shear, and torsion of open and closed, thin-walled cross sections. Analysis of tapered beams with application to fuselages and wings, cutouts and constraints. Introduction to composite materials AE 634.