MOHAMED SATHAK A.J.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

CHENNAI
QUESTION BANK
Fifth Semester
B.E- Aeronautical Engineering
AE6502 Aircraft Structures
PART A
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What are the occasions the unsymmetrical bending occurs?

Write the bending stress expressions for skew loaded one axis symmetrical member.
What is meant by thin walled section?
Calculate the sectional properties of thin inclined wall as shown in fig.

5. What is meant by parallel axis theorem?

6. What do you understand by product of inertia and polar moment of inertia?
7. Prove that neutral axis always passes through the centroidal axis.
8. Why are I-sections preferred over other cross sections?
9. Draw bending stress and shear stress variation across the depth for (a) rectangular (b) I section
10. Briefly write about the concept of lumping of cross-section.
11. Sketch buckling modes of a plate in (a) compression (b) Shear.
12. What is effective width?
13. Sketch a semi monocoque structure and the name the parts.
14. What is a semi tension field beam?
15. Explain how torque is realized by an aircraft wing.
16. What do you understand by monocoque and semi monocoque type of aircraft
construction?
17. Explain how a thin beam subjected to shear resists the load.
18. Give expression for buckling stress (a) column (b) sheet
19. Define load factor and classify aircraft based on load factor.
20. List two functions of an aircraft rib.
21. Define shear center and indicate the shear center for channel section and angle section
22. Draw shear flow diagram for I section and Channel section
23. Define shear flow .How the shear stress is obtained from the shear flow?

24. Define shear center and elastic axis.

25. Show that for a curved web T= 2Aq
26. State the assumptions made in the Bredt- Batho theory.
27. Show that for a curved web shear center distance e= 2A/L
28. State S.I units for (a) shear flow (b) shear modulus
29. A thin walled single cell tube is subjected to torsion. Derive an expression for shear flow in
the walls of the tube.
30. Find second moment of inertia for a thin walled I section with thickness t and flange width
= web height = h.

PART B (16 marks)

31. A thin-walled, cantilever beam of unsymmetrical cross-section supports shear loads at its
free end as shown in Fig. Calculate the value of direct stress at the extremity of the lower
flange (point A) at a section half-way along the beam if the position of the shear loads is
such that no twisting of the beam occurs.

32. A thin-walled beam has the cross-section shown in Fig. If the beam is subjected to a
bending moment Mx in the plane of the web 23 calculates and sketch the distribution of
direct stress in the beam cross-section.

33. For a beam section shown in fig. has four stringers. The area of the four stringers A, B, C
and D are 6.25, 3.125, 4.5 and 6 cm2 respectively. Find the stresses in all the four stringers
of the section due to MX = 50 kNm and MY = -20 kNm where x and y are the centroidal
axes. Assume that webs and walls are ineffective bending.

34. A Z-section with 12 cm X 3 cm flanges and 20 cm X 3 cm web is subjected to Mx=10

KN-m and My =10 KN-m. Determine the maximum bending stress.

35. i) Define neutral axis and write the bending stress expression along this axis.
ii) Derive and obtain an expression for the bending stress in an unsymmetrical section
subjected to bending using generalized 'k' method.
36. Determine the direct stress distribution in the thin-walled Z-section shown in Fig. produced
by a positive bending moment Mx.

37. The sections of an angle purlin. A bending moment of 3000 N m is applied to the purl in a

plane at an angle of 30 to the vertical y axis. If the sense of the bending moment is such
that its components Mx and My both produce tension in the positive x-y quadrant, calculate
the maximum direct stress in the purl in stating clearly the point at which it acts.

38. A beam having the cross-section shown in Fig. is subjected to a bending moment of 1500 N m
in a vertical plane. Calculate the maximum direct stress due to bending stating the point at which it
acts.

39. A muticell structure shown in fig is subjected to a clockwise torque of 1000 N-m. compute the
shear flow in the structure and the associated twist.

40. Find the shear flow distribution and locate the shear center for the section shown in fig. Each
of the stringers has an area of 4 cm2 and the section subjected to vertical shear load of 50 kN

41. .find the shear flow for the closed tube shown in fig.

42. The thin-walled single cell beam shown in Fig. has been idealized into a combination
of direct stress carrying booms and shear stress only carrying walls. If the section supports a
vertical shear load of 10 kN acting in a vertical plane through booms3 and 6, calculate the
distribution of shear flow around the section.

43. The fuselage of a light passenger carrying aircraft has the circular cross-section shown
in Fig. The cross-sectional area of each stringer is 100mm2 and the vertical distances given in are
to the mid-line of the section wall at the corresponding stringer position. If the fuselage is
subjected to a bending moment of 200 kNm applied in the vertical plane of symmetry, at this
section, calculate the direct stress distribution.

44. Determine the shear flow distribution in the web of the tapered beam shown in Fig. at a section
midway along its length. The web of the beam has a thickness of 2mm and is fully effective in
resisting direct stress. The beam tapers symmetrically about its horizontal centroidal axis and the
cross-sectional area of each flange is 400mm2.

45. The beam shown in Fig. is assumed to have a complete tension field web. If the cross
sectional areas of the flanges and stiffeners are, respectively, 350mm2 and300mm2 and the elastic
section modulus of each flange is 750mm3, determine the maximum stress in a flange and also
whether or not the stiffeners will buckle. The thickness of the web is 2mm and the second moment
of area of a stiffener about an axis in the plane of the web is 2000mm4; E =70 000 N/mm2.

46. A wing spar has the dimensions shown in Fig. and carries a uniformly distributed load of 15
kN/m along its complete length. Each flange has a cross-sectional area of 500mm2 with the top
flange being horizontal. If the flanges are assumed to resist all direct loads while the spar web is
effective only in shear, determine the flange loads and the shear flows in the web at sections 1 and
2m from the free end.

47. A fuselage bulkhead of 1m radius, has 12 stringers equally placed around the section starting
from top point. each stringer area is 6.25 cm2 . the bulkhead is subjected to a symmetrical vertical
shear load of 10 kN. find the shear flow around the bulk head.
48. i) Differentiate between buckling and crippling and explain any one method to determine
crippling strength.
ii) Find the crippling load for an angle section of aluminum alloy, 50 mm x 25 mm x 1 mm.
49. Find the M.S in buckling for the box beam shown in fig. Given : p1 = p2 = 10kN. Area of each
stringer = 2cm2 and the sheet thickness is 1.5 mm throughout. Assume the sheets are effective in
bending and made of 2024- T3. Aluminimum alloy. for a/b = 2, KC = 5, KS = 6.5 and for a/b = 3,
KC = 4, KS = 5.8.

50. i) derive the expression for buckling stress for thin plate under compression.
ii) Obtain the critical load for the composite section shown in fig. effective width is 150 cm E=
200Gpa.