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AA240A: ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES

Fall 2017
Location: 380-380X
Class Meetings: Tue, Thu 1:30 PM 2:50 PM

Instructor: Prof. Fu-Kuo Chang, Durand 250C, 723-3466, fkchang@stanford.edu


Office hours: Tue 3:00 4:00 PM, Thu 3:00 4:00 PM (or by appointment)

Assistants: Molly Zhang: miaoz2@stanford.edu


Tanay Topac: tanaytopac@stanford.edu

Discussions: Problem sessions Monday 12:00 12:50 PM (optional)


Location 200-205

TA office hours Monday 5:00 6:00 PM, Thu 10:00 11:00 AM


Location Durand 208

Resources: Canvas: All announcements, homework, solutions, etc. will be posted at:
- https://canvas.stanford.edu

Piazza: Interactive forum to ask questions about the homework and course content.
Please post questions here before emailing the staff directly so all can benefit from the
discussion:
- http://piazza.com/stanford/fall2017/aa240a
(Questions asked after 8PM will be answered the following day. The TAs will try to
answer questions at the earliest convenience, but try to ask the questions early and expect
reasonable delays.)

Textbook: C.T. Sun, Mechanics of Aircraft Structures (available at Stanford Bookstore)


Course Notes on Energy Method (available at Stanford Bookstore)

Grading: Homework 30%


Midterm 30%
Final 40%

Homework are due Thursdays at 5:00 PM (unless otherwise specified).


Please turn in homework in the AA240A box outside Durand 250C.
Points will be deducted for late homework.

Dates: Midterm Tuesday, November 7, 1:30 PM 2:50 PM, 380-380X


Final TBA

Students living within commuting distance MUST be present on these two dates

Accessibility: Students who may need an academic accommodation based on the impact of a disability
must initiate the request with the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). Students should
contact the OAE as soon as possible since timely notice is needed to coordinate
accommodations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (Phone: 723-1066,
http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae)
AA240A
Course Content

1 INTRODUCTION Sun Ch. 1

2 INTRODUCTION TO ELASTICITY Sun Ch. 2


Stresses and Strains
Linear Stress-Strain Relationships
Strain Energy
Plane Elasticity
Summary of Equations

3 TORSION Sun Ch. 3


Torsion of Uniform Bars
Bars with Circular Cross-Sections
Bars with Narrow Rectangular Cross-Sections
Closed Single-Cell Thin-Walled Sections
Multicell Thin-Walled Sections

4 BENDING AND FLEXURAL SHEAR Sun Ch. 4


Simple Beam Equations
Bidirectional Bending
Transverse Shear Stress due to Transverse Force in Symmetric Sections

5 FLEXURAL SHEAR FLOW IN THIN-WALLED SECTIONS Sun Ch. 5


Flexural Shear Flow in Open Thin-Walled Sections
Shear Center in Open Sections
Closed Thin-Walled Sections and Combined Flexural and Torsional Shear Flow
Multicell Closed Sections

6 ENERGY METHODS Course Notes


Work of External Forces
Virtual Work
Principle of Minimum Potential Energy
Principle of Minimum Complementary Energy
Castiglianos Theorems
Rayleigh-Ritz Method
Statically Indeterminate Structures

7 TRUSSES Course Notes


Statically Determinate Plane Trusses
Statically Indeterminate Plane Trusses
Statically Determinate Space Trusses
Statically Indeterminate Space Trusses

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