Aircraft Structures and Systems I
Abbreviation: KOSUZRAI Load: 30(L) + 12(E) + 3(LE) + 0(S) + 0(FLE) + 0(PEE)
Lecturers in charge: dr. sc. Željko Marušić
Lecturers: David Gerhardinger mag. ing. aeroing. ( Exercises, Laboratory exercises )
Course description: Introduction. Elements of aircraft construction. The ratio of weight to aircraft carrying capacity and structural stiffness to aircraft weight. Typical aircraft structural elements. Safety factors. The concept of aeronautical construction in relation to loads and moments. Fatigue of material of aeronautical structural elements. Airplane wing. Critical structural points. Lift creating elements. The fuselage. Tail surfaces. Aerospace Materials. Joining technologies for aerospace structures.
Lecture languages: - - -
Compulsory literature:
1. Wilkinson, R.: Aircraft Structures & Systems, Addision Wesley Longman Limited, 1996.
2. KLM flight academy: Airframes & Systems; Aircraft General Knowledge; Nordian AS, 2010.
3. Jeppesen: Airframes and Systems; EASA ATPL Training, Jeppesen Sanderson Inc., 2016.
Recommended literature:
4. Daniel P. Raymer: Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. Washington D.C., USA, 1992.
Legend
L - Lectures
E - Exercises
LE - Laboratory exercises
S - Seminar
FLE - Practical foreign language exercises
PEE - Physical education excercises
* - Not graded