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Course Name	Turkish	Hava Uzay Yapıları
	English	Aerospace Structures
Course Code	UZB 337	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Metin Orhan Kaya
Course Objectives		The aim of this course is to analyze the loads acting on structural components in aerospace engineering, to examine the effects of these loads on the components, and to calculate the mechanical behavior of these components. The course will cover ground and air loads, as well as aerodynamic forces, inertial loads, and loads generated during maneuvers in detail. Students will also analyze structural loading conditions such as torsion, bending, and shear stress, and how these loads affect closed, open, and thin-walled sections. Topics such as structural idealization, shear center calculations, and the design of wing-fuselage joints will also be addressed.
Course Description		This course focuses on understanding the loading conditions encountered in aircraft and spacecraft structures and analyzing the effects of these loads on structural components. The course will cover ground and air loads, aerodynamic forces, inertial loads, and accelerations occurring during maneuvers in detail. Additionally, the mechanical behaviors of thin-walled closed and open section beams, such as torsion, bending, shear stress, and deformation, will be explored. Structural idealization, shear flow calculations, and the load-carrying capacities of critical structural elements such as wing spars and box beams will also be examined in depth. Students will gain both theoretical knowledge and practical skills related to the analysis and design processes of aircraft structures.
Course Outcomes		1. Will be able to analyze ground and air loads encountered in aircraft structures and evaluate the effects of these loads on structural components. 2. Will understand the effects of aerodynamic forces and inertial loads on components and calculate the inertial forces acting during landing. 3. Will be able to calculate the normal accelerations and load factors occurring during symmetric and asymmetric maneuvers of aircraft and determine safety factors. 4. Will calculate the torsional stress and angle of twist in circular section beams and analyze torsion in thin-walled closed and open sections. 5. Will model and calculate mechanical behaviors such as bending, shear stress, and warping distribution in thin-walled beams. 6. Will calculate shear center, shear flow, and normal stress, and design structural elements such as wing spars, box beams, and fuselage frames. 7. Will apply structural idealization methods to derive the stress, strain, and displacement relationships for beams with different sections. 8. Will analyze and optimize the effects of shear and torsional forces in tapered beam and wing designs.
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Textbook		Aircraft structures for engineering students 7. Edition, T. H. G. Megson, 2022, Butterworth-Heinemann
Other References		E. F. Bruhn, 1973, Analysis and Design of Aircrafts Structures, Jacobs Publishing, Inc., indianapolis, USA. Aircrafts structures, David J. Peery and J. J. Azar (Translated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Tolun), Anadolu Univ. 1991.

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