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Structural design

Also listed as: תיכון מבנים

Design against buckling and fatigue rather than analysis for its own sake. It combines Mechanics of solids 2 with Theory of structures and points them at a real component.

Semester
Not fixed
Weekly hours
3.5h
Counts as
Department electives
Interest areas
Structures and computational mechanics · Aeronautics and space

Opens up

  • Aerospace and lightweight structures research

What it covers

Topics

  • Design of structural members and connections
  • Codes, allowables and safety factors
  • Buckling and stability in design
  • Fatigue-informed design and damage accumulation
  • Lightweight and composite structures
  • Load paths through a real assembly

Results worth carrying out

  • Margin of safety

    MS=σallowσSF1    0\mathrm{MS} = \frac{\sigma_{\text{allow}}}{\sigma \cdot \mathrm{SF}} - 1 \;\ge\; 0
  • Johnson parabola, intermediate columns

    σcr=σy1E(σy2π)2(Lek)2\sigma_{cr} = \sigma_y - \frac{1}{E}\left(\frac{\sigma_y}{2\pi}\right)^{2}\left(\frac{L_e}{k}\right)^{2}
  • Miner's rule

    iniNi=1\sum_i \frac{n_i}{N_i} = 1

Figures worth knowing

  • Load-path diagrams
  • Buckling curves
  • Connection details

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