2025
Aerospace Structures I
Name: Aerospace Structures I
Code: EME14846L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Engenharia Aeroespacial, Mechanical Engineering
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
As per pre-requisites, students should have acquired proficient knowledge on Applied Mechanics, Mathematical Analysis, Linear Algebra and Analytical Geometry.
The objective of this course is to provide students with knowledge on Solid Mechanics and Materials Resistance. Students shall develop competences to:
- Analyse and understand stress and strain states in a material point;
- Relate stress and strain for isotropic materials;
- To determine the shear and moment diagrams;
- To analyse linear components under torsion, for different cross-sections;
- To analyse uni-dimensional components under bending;
- To apply failure criteria of the material and to dimension structural components;
- To expand this knowledge to transverse isotropic materials;
- To apply acquired knowledge to structures in composite material and/or sandwich panel.
The objective of this course is to provide students with knowledge on Solid Mechanics and Materials Resistance. Students shall develop competences to:
- Analyse and understand stress and strain states in a material point;
- Relate stress and strain for isotropic materials;
- To determine the shear and moment diagrams;
- To analyse linear components under torsion, for different cross-sections;
- To analyse uni-dimensional components under bending;
- To apply failure criteria of the material and to dimension structural components;
- To expand this knowledge to transverse isotropic materials;
- To apply acquired knowledge to structures in composite material and/or sandwich panel.
Contents
The course is divided into two modules. The first module introduces the base concepts of Solid Mechanics. The second module applies these base concepts to materials and structures typically used in airborne structures and satellites.
Module 1 (75% of contact time):
1) Stress tensor, equilibrium equations, Cauchy Theorem.
2) Strain tensor, compatibility equations.
3) Generalised Hookes law and its application to isotropic materials.
4) Shear and Moment diagrams.
5) Torsion of linear beams with circular cross-section, open and closed thin wall profiles.
6) Simple and combined bending. Equation of the Elastic curve.
7) Structural stability. Introduction to buckling. Eulers theory.
8) Materials strength. Failure criteria.
Module 2 (25% of contact time):
9) Hookes law applied to transverse isotropic materials.
10) Sandwich panels and composite materials. Elastic behaviour, classic theory and failure criteria.
Module 1 (75% of contact time):
1) Stress tensor, equilibrium equations, Cauchy Theorem.
2) Strain tensor, compatibility equations.
3) Generalised Hookes law and its application to isotropic materials.
4) Shear and Moment diagrams.
5) Torsion of linear beams with circular cross-section, open and closed thin wall profiles.
6) Simple and combined bending. Equation of the Elastic curve.
7) Structural stability. Introduction to buckling. Eulers theory.
8) Materials strength. Failure criteria.
Module 2 (25% of contact time):
9) Hookes law applied to transverse isotropic materials.
10) Sandwich panels and composite materials. Elastic behaviour, classic theory and failure criteria.
Teaching Methods
Theoretical classes dedicated to the introduction of the theoretical principles of the syllabus.
Theoretical-practical classes with practical applications of the theoretical concepts exposed before and solving exercises.
Students are invited to solve practical exercises in-class.
Seminars by invited specialists.
Theoretical-practical classes with practical applications of the theoretical concepts exposed before and solving exercises.
Students are invited to solve practical exercises in-class.
Seminars by invited specialists.
Assessment
The grades are within the interval [0,20].
Continuous assessment or by final exam, in accordance with the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora.
Final classification N=Max(E1,E2,0.4*(NF1+NF2)+0.2*NT)
NF1 First Test
NF2 Second Test
NT Technical work
E1 First Exam
E2 Second Exam
Students may pass this course either through continuous evaluation, with two tests and one technical work, or through global exam.
Continuous assessment or by final exam, in accordance with the Academic Regulations of the University of Évora.
Final classification N=Max(E1,E2,0.4*(NF1+NF2)+0.2*NT)
NF1 First Test
NF2 Second Test
NT Technical work
E1 First Exam
E2 Second Exam
Students may pass this course either through continuous evaluation, with two tests and one technical work, or through global exam.
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