Università Roma Tre

TO INTEGRATE AND TO COMPLETE THE STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE IN STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES AND ON NUMERICAL METHODS WIDELY USED FOR THEIR ANALYSIS. IN PARTICULAR, THE EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR MODELING OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES SUBJECT TO THE COMBINED ACTION OF THERMAL AND EXTERNAL LOADS. IN A FIRST STAGE, THE THEORY NECESSARY FOR THE MODELING OF SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES PROBLEMS WILL BE PRESENTED AND THE BASIC THEORY OF FINITE ELEMENT METHODS WILL BE PROVIDED, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO AERONAUTICAL APPLICATIONS. IN A SECOND STAGE, THE STUDENT WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH FINITE ELEMENT CODES COMMONLY USED FOR STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN INDUSTRIES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE AIMED AT THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT (WING AND/OR FUSELAGE).