Course Syllabus

The current status on the syllabus is shown below: 

(PLEASE NOTE THAT I MAY REARRANGE THE TOPICS TO ENSURE SUCCINCT FLOW OF INFORMATION FROM ONE TOPIC TO ANOTHER)

Week Lecture

1 Overview of aeroelasticity, Demonstration of flutter using a 2-D wing model; Introduction to static and dynamic aeroelastic instabilities;Introduction to structural analysis

2 Wing bending and torsion studies

3 Wing bending and torsion studies

4 Static and dynamic response analysis

5 Static aerodynamics considerations; Effects of static deformation on the aerodynamic performance

6 Static divergence and control reversal; Example of recent developments in how to exploite wing flexibility for controls

7 Formulation of the dynamic equations of motion of wing (reshuffled here)

8 Incompressible unsteady aerodynamics; Added mass effects; Theodorsen function unsteady aerodynamics Unsteady aerodynamics effects; Phase between aerodynamics and motion

9 Unsteady aerodynamics effects; Phase between aerodynamics and motion 

10 Formulation of the flutter equations of motion

11 Various simplifications of the flutter equations of motion and eigenvalue solution techniques

12 Flutter analysis of a two-degrees of freedom wing section and extension to a multi-degrees of freedom wing

13 Further understanding of the flutter equations of motion and exploring new possibilities of solving the equations

14 Review of futter analysis techniques in the Aerospace industry; Demonstration of Flutter Analysis using a commercial software ZAERO (Demo version is freely available)

15 Final review of aeroelasticity and introduction to aeroservoelasticity