MEE 552 - Aircraft and Automobile Structures

Introduction to aircraft and automobile structures. Structural mechanics of this-walled stiffened and unstiffened numbers. Analysis and design of single- and multi-cell structures under torsion, bending, shear, and combined loading conditions. Instability and failure analysis of thin-walled columns and stiffened panels. Energy absorption in single- and multi-cell tubular numbers.

Students who have completed MEE 452 with a passing grade are not eligible to take MEE 552 or vice versa.

Prerequisites & Notes
MEE 251 (Strength of Materials).

Credits: 3