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This document is a model question paper for an aircraft structures course. It contains 15 multiple choice and numerical problems testing knowledge of aircraft structural analysis and design. Key concepts assessed include shear center location; bending stress; shear flow; buckling; wing structural elements and their functions; and analysis of beams, columns, and aircraft wings. Students are evaluated on their understanding and application of formulas and concepts relating to thin-walled structural analysis.

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Ae341 - Aircraft Structures - Ii

This document is a model question paper for an aircraft structures course. It contains 15 multiple choice and numerical problems testing knowledge of aircraft structural analysis and design. Key concepts assessed include shear center location; bending stress; shear flow; buckling; wing structural elements and their functions; and analysis of beams, columns, and aircraft wings. Students are evaluated on their understanding and application of formulas and concepts relating to thin-walled structural analysis.

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ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI 25

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

B.E. AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, , V SEMESTER

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AE341 - AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES - II

TIME – 3 Hours MAXIMUM : 100 Marks

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PART A (10 X 2 = 20 Marks)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

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1. Define shear centre
2. Give a sketch of a thin-walled angle section and mark the shear centre location for
the same.
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3. State S.I. Units for (a) shear flow, (b) shear modulus
4. State the Bredt - Batho formula and list the assumptions involved.
5. A thin - walled single - cell tube is subject to torsion. Derive an expression for shear
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6. Briefly write about the concept of lumping of cross - sections.


7. For a structure which carries primarily bending loads?
why are I - sections preferred over other cross-sections?
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8. What is a wagner beam?


9. What are monocoque structures?
10. List 2 functions of an aircraft rib.
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PART B (5 X 16 = 80 Marks)
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11. (i) Bring out the differences between


Symmetrical and unsymmetrical bending 4

(ii) What are principal axes of inertia? 2

(iii) A bending moment of 3000 Nm is 10


applied to the cross - section shown in Figure 1
at an angle of 30 to the vertical y-axis such that
Mx and My both produce tension in the positive x-y quadrant.
Obtain the expression for bending stress.

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Figure 1

12(a) For the section shown in Figure 2(a), determine the shear centre location. 16
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Figure 2(a)

12(b) A vertical load of 1000N is applied to the Section indicated in Figure 2(b) in the
positive - y direction. Plot the shear flow distribution. 16
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Figure 2(b)

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13(a) The section shown in Figure 3(a) is subject to forces Fx = - 1600 N and Fy = 6000 N.
Determine the bending stresses at the stringer locations A, B, C, D. Assume that the
webs are ineffective in bending. 16

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A thin-walled tube having a cross-sectional area `A' and wall thickness `t', is
subject to twisting moment Mo. Derive and obtain the expression
for cell twist. 8
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(ii) The 2-cell tube indicated in Figure 3(b) is subject to a clockwise
twisting moment of 1000 Ncm. Determine the shear flows
in the walls of the tube. 8
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All other wall thickness = 1 mm

Figure 3(b)
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14(a) Write notes on the following


(i) the strength of thin-walled columns, 6
(ii) the concept of `EFFECTIVE SHEET WIDTH', 6
(iii) inter-rivet and sheet wrinkling failures 4

14(b) (i) Derive the bucking equation for a thin plate 10


(ii) Explain the interaction relationship and state its uses 6

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15(a) (i) Discuss the analysis of a semi-cantilever type of 8
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(ii) List out the different structural elements contained in an aircraft

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wing. What are their functions? 8

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15(b) The tapered beam shown in figure 4(a) is subject to a vertical load V

(i) Derive an expression for shear flow at any point in the


web of the beam. 8

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(ii) Obtain the shear flow distribution when V = 10,000 N 8
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