ADANA ALPARSLAN TÜRKEŞ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS

DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

EXAM PAPER
Course Code / Name [MAT-205 / Aerospace Structure] Date [08/02/2022]
Lecturer [Dr. Turaç Farsadi]
Exam [Midterm]
Semester [2021/2022 Spring]

QUESTIONS

1- Calculate the stress and displacement expression for a fixed-end beam in plane stress shown in
Figure. A uniform load is applied. Used stress function methodology to solve the problem.
a) stress components

b) where stress function satisfies;

c) The relations between displacement and stress

d) The stress function is considered in a bi-harmonic polynomial;

e) Boundary conditions
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DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

fixed end beam

2- The tubular steel post shown in the Figure supports a load of W=200 N at the free end C. The outside
diameter of the tube is 100 mm and the wall thickness is 3 mm. Neglecting the weight of the tube find
the horizontal deflection at C. The modulus of elasticity is 170,000 N/mm2.
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3- Determine the rotation, that is, the slope, of the beam ABC shown in Figure at A.
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FACULTY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

4- Find tip deflection by considering bending and shear effects. Cross section dimensions are given as
follow. (energy conservation method)

h
b
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