Aerospace Engineering 4220

Aerospace Engineering 4220
Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity

School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Andrew Makeev

Office: 210-G SSTC/Weber

Phone: (404) 894-8166

Office Hours: MWF 11-12

Time & Location

MWF 9:05-9:55, Guggenheim 246

Teaching Assistant

Yihong He

Office: 215 SSTC/Weber

Phone: (404) 385-2775

Office Hours: T 2:30-4:00 & Th 9:30-11:00

Grading

Homework, 5%

Two Midterms, 26% each

Final Exam, 43%

Course Objectives for Students

To have a qualitative understanding of structural dynamics and aeroelasticity, including the knowledge of what disciplines are involved
To know how to derive equilibrium equations or equations of motion, including boundary conditions, for idealized structural dynamics and aeroelasticity problems
To be able to apply the method of separation of variables in solving the partial differential equations which arise in structural dynamics and aeroelasticity problems
To be acquainted with the modal representation for structural dynamics and aeroelasticity problems
To be able to solve initial value problems in structural dynamics
To be able to set up and solve divergence problems for spring-restrained rigid wings and for flexible wings represented by beams
To have a qualitative understanding of flutter solution methods and of unsteady aerodynamics theories
To be able to set up and solve flutter problems for spring-restrained wing models

Syllabus