LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Explain the design and analysis competencies of aircraft structures
• Describe examples of airplane component configurations and load paths
• Describe design criteria and its evolution
• Explain the importance of trade studies for optimization
• Explain the verification, validation and certification process
• Identify design drivers for various components
• Describe how to develop or select material for an airplane part or component
• Be able to explain the simplification of the three-dimensional stresses and strains for structural elements including rods, beams, plates, and shells.
• Describe selection of analytical, empirical or finite element methods
• Recognize metals and composites strength and weaknesses for various applications
• Explain failure theories under combined stresses
• Describe the margin of safety concept
• Describe design for durability, fail safety and damage tolerance

KEY TOPICS

• Structures Competencies
• Configurations
• Freebody Diagrams and Load Paths
• Design Philosophy and Criteria
• Verification, Validation, Qualification and Certification
• Materials
• Design Allowables and Values
• Material Selection
• Idealization and Analysis Methods
• Joints, Lugs and Fittings
• Fatigue and Fracture
• Floor Structure Design Project
• See detailed lecture-by-lecture outline below

EXERCISE PROBLEMS

• Margin of Safety
• Combined Stresses
• Airframe Configuration
• Design Criteria, Validation and Testing
• Analysis Methods
• Material Selection
• Load Paths
• Structural Elements
• Joints, Lugs and Fittings
• Fail safety, Fatigue and Fracture
• Floor Structure Design Project
  

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is for those industry and government engineers in airplane design, analysis, support, certification, as well as manufacturing or fleet support engineers. Aerospace, mechanical, civil and materials engineers would most benefit from this course.  It would also be of interest to students, practicing engineers working in the design, analysis or support functions, professors and those who wish to receive an exposure or deepen their understanding of aircraft structures engineering tools, processes, and methods.

COURSE MATERIALS
All course slides and additional references will be available for immediate download. Stream the 20-hours of video recordings anytime, 24/7. No part of these materials may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted, unless for course participants. All rights reserved.

Certificate of Completion
Receive an AIAA Course Completion Certificate upon viewing all course recordings. Please contact Lisa Le for a certificate.

COURSE FEES (Sign-In To Register)
- AIAA Member Price: $995 USD
- Non-Member Price: $1195 USD
- AIAA Student Member Price: $595 USD

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OUTLINE

Lecture 1 - Structures Competencies
Introduction and background
Course schedule
Structures Engineer’s Competencies
Design competencies
Analysis competencies
Lecture 2 - Load Paths 
FBDs for airplane, components and elements
Method of sections for internal loads
Idealization and boundary conditions
Efficient load paths for airplane components
Lecture 3 - Design Philosophy
How the requirements affect design
Various agencies and regulations
The evolution of design requirements
The 10 major design requirements
Design drivers
Building Block Approach 
Qualification
Certification 
Lecture 4 – Materials
Metals
Composites 
Design allowables and values
Material Selection
Lecture 5 - Idealization and Analysis Methods
Structural elements
Classical empirical and FEA methods
Advantages and limitations of the methods
Examples of airplane structural analyses
Lecture 6 - Margin of Safety Concept
Factor of safety (FOS) and margin of safety (MOS)
Process for finding the MOS
Relationship between FOS and MOS
Local vs far field stresses
Examples of MOS
Lecture 7 - Failure Theories
Failure Criteria for metals
Combined loading
Failure Criteria for composites 
Lecture 8 - Fasteners, Joints, Lugs and Fittings
Types of fasteners
Types of joints
Analysis of joints
Analysis of lugs
Analysis of fittings
Lecture 9 - Durability, Fail Safety and Damage Tolerance
Design for durability 
Design for fail-safety 
Design for damage tolerance
Design Project (Optional)

INSTRUCTOR

Michael Mohaghegh has worked for The Boeing Company for 50+ years on programs, core groups, product development, commercial and military aircrafts, and aircraft support groups. He is a Boeing Technical Fellow in aircraft structures and materials and presently the Chief Editor of The Boeing Company Design Principles Manuals. Mike is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and is the Director of Modern Aircraft Structures Certificate Program at the University of Washington. He graduated from the University of California (Berkeley) with a BS and MS and from University of Washington with a PhD in Civil Engineering with focus in Structures Engineering. He was also a post doc for 2 years doing research in Failure Analysis at the University of Washington. He has published numerous papers and developed and taught many courses in aircraft structures at Boeing, DoD, airlines, suppliers, and MROs. He was the lead author for the chapter on Subsonic Aircraft Materials in AIAA’s book on Aerospace Materials published in 2017.

Classroom hours / CEUs: 20 classroom hours / 2.0 CEU/PDH
Contact: Please contact Lisa Le or Customer Service if you have questions about the course or group discounts (for 5+ participants).