AEM 5651

Aeroelasticity
Syllabus Spring 2011
MWF 10:10-11
Akerman Hall 227

Instructor: William L. Garrard

Office: 121a Akerman Hall
Office Hours: 11:00 12:00 MWF
Phone: 612 625 9002
Email: wgarrard@aem.umn.edu

Prerequisites: AEM 4202, AEM 4301, [grad student or IT upper div]

Description: Static aeroelastic phenomena, torsional divergence of a lifting surface,

control surface reversal. Aeroelastic flutter, unsteady aerodynamics. Problems of gust
response, buffeting.

Text: Y. C. Fung, An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity, Dover, 1993.

Grade: Based on Homework Assignments Only

Tentative Schedule:

Week Topic Reading Assignment Homework

Assignment
January 18-21 Review of Pages 27-36
Aerodynamics
January 24-28 Review of Pages 5-19
Structures and Pages 210-211
Dynamics
January 31- Static Divergence Pages 81-85
February 4
February 7-11 Aileron Reversal Pages 113-119
February 14-18 2 DOF Flutter Pages 211-235
Steady
Aerodynamics
February 21-25 2 DOF Flutter
Quasi Steady
Aerodynamics
February 28-March 2 DOF Flutter HW 1 Due Feb. 28
4 Unsteady
Aerodynamics
March 7-11 2 DOF Flutter
Unsteady
 Aerodynamics
March 14-18 Spring Break
March 21-25 2 DOF Flutter
Unsteady
Aerodynamics
March 28-April 1 Finite Element
Aeroelastic Models
April 4-8 Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models
April 11-15 Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models
April 18-22 Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models
April 25-29 Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models
May 2-6 Analysis of Multi
DOF Aeroelastic
Models