CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL, INDUSTRIAL and AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
FALL 2017

MECH 6481: Aeroelasticity

Instructor: Dr. Farjad Shadmehri
Email: f_shadme@encs.concordia.ca
Phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 7037
Lectures time: Wednesday 17:45-20:15
Lectures location: FG B050
Office: EV3.273
Office hours: Thursday 13:00-15:00

Content
1. Introduction to Aeroelasticity
2. Static Aeroelasticity
3. Typical 2-D Section Model
4. Uniform Lifting Surface (One Dimensional Aeroelastic Model of Airfoils)
5. Aileron Reversal and Rolling Effectiveness
6. Sweeping Divergence (Sweep Effects)
7. Composite Wing and Aeroelastic Tailoring
8. Approximate Solution Techniques
9. Introduction to Aerodynamics
10. Unsteady Aerodynamic
11. Dynamic Aeroelasticity
12. Engineering Solution for flutter
13. Flutter of a Wing via Assumed Modes

Course Materials
Class notes and slides

References
Dewey H. Hodges, G. Alvin Pierce, Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, 2nd
edition, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
 E.H. Dowell (editor), R. Clark, D. Cox, H.C.Jr. Curtiss, J.W. Edwards, K.C. Hall, D.A. Peters, R.
Scanlan, E. Simiu, F. Sisto, T.W. Strganac, A Modern Course in Aeroelasticity, 4th edition,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
R. B. Bhat., Principles of Aeroelasticity, CRC Press, 2016.
John David Anderson, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw-Hill, 2011.
R.L. Bisplinghoff, H. Ashley and R.L. Halfman,"Aeroelasticity", Addison-Wesley Inc., 1955,
(Dover Publications, New York, 1996).

Evaluation Scheme

Midterm 25%
Final Exam 40%
Assignments 10%
Project 25%

Mid-Term and Final Exams

The mid-term exam will be held on Wednesday October 18, 2017 (tentative date) during lecture time in the
class. It is your responsibility to ensure you are available for the exam. All material covered by that time
will be included in the exam. The mid-term exam will be closed-book and equation sheet will be provided
if necessary. There would be no make-up test for mid-term exam. Students who do not attend the mid-term
test due to valid medical reasons may write the final exam for 65% (a valid medical note must be submitted
to the instructor).

The final exam is scheduled by the university. The date and place will be announced accordingly. The final
exam is closed-book and equation sheet will be provided if necessary.

Only non-programmable ENCS Faculty approved calculators are permitted for the mid-term and final
exams. Cell phones and other electronic devices are not allowed in the exams.

The final marks will be submitted as letter grades and there is no fixed relationship between marks and
letter grades. In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University's control, the content and/or
evaluation scheme in this course is subject to change.
Project
There is a team project with two students per team. Every member of the team should be familiar with all
parts of the project. There will be a presentation on the project on November 29, 2017 and each member of
the group will be required to make a portion of the presentation.

Deliverables of the project:

1- Final report including literature review, assumptions, formulation and results. Format: Microsoft Word
file + PDF- hardcopy and softcopy are required.
2- Analysis files (computer code, Excel sheet etc.) used to obtain numerical results. Format: softcopy is
required.
3- Power Point presentation. Format: softcopy is required.
4- Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Expectation of Originality form signed by all team
members.
Submission of project deliverables is due on November 29, 2017 in the class.

Code of Conduct and Students with Special Needs

1- Students should be aware of the University and become familiar with the Universitys Code of Conduct
located at: http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity/code.html.

There will be a zero tolerance policy pertaining to violations of this code. In the event of an offense, an
Incident Report will be completed and submitted to the Dean.

2- Do not copy, paraphrase or translate anything from anywhere without sating from where you obtained
it! (http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity/plagiarism.html) Plagiarism may be punished
by failure of the exam, or the course, and may lead to expulsion from University.
3- Information on the Access Centre for Students with Disabilities is available at
http://www.concordia.ca/offices/acsd.html/

Student Responsibilities
As the material is cumulative, keep up with the content covered in the weekly lectures, solve the
assignments yourself.

If you are uncertain of certain concepts, seek help right away; make use of your instructors office hours.
Course learning outcomes (CLO)
Course Learning Outcome (CLO)
Understand what aeroelasticity is about and be
able to define static and dynamic aeroelasticity
Analyze typical 2-D section model and beam
model of the wing
Describe different aeroelastic phenomena
including divergence, flutter, aileron reversal, roll
effectiveness and etc.
Apply different aerodynamic theories including
steady and unsteady ones in aeroelastic analysis
Apply different approximate solution techniques
(e.g., Ritz method, Galerkins method, FEM, etc.)
to solve aeroelastic problem
Analyze a dynamic aeroelastic problem using
engineering solutions for flutter
Corresponding Attribute / Indicator
A knowledge base for engineering/ Knowledge-
base for specific engineering field/Knowledge-
base of natural science
A knowledge base for engineering/ Knowledge-
base for specific engineering field/Knowledge-
base of natural science
Problem analysis/ Problem identification and
formulation/Modelling
Use of engineering tools/ Ability to use
appropriate engineering tools, techniques and
resources/Ability to select appropriate tools,
techniques, and resources
A knowledge base for engineering/ Knowledge-
base for specific engineering field/Knowledge-
base of natural science
A knowledge base for engineering/ Knowledge-
base for specific engineering field/Knowledge-
base of natural science
Use of engineering tools/ Ability to use
appropriate engineering tools, techniques and
resources/Ability to select appropriate tools,
techniques, and resources
A knowledge base for engineering/ Knowledge-
base for specific engineering field/Knowledge-
base of natural science
Problem analysis/ Problem identification and
formulation/Modelling
Use of engineering tools/ Ability to use
appropriate engineering tools, techniques and
resources/Ability to select appropriate tools,
techniques, and resources
A knowledge base for engineering/ Knowledge-
base for specific engineering field/Knowledge-
base of natural science
Problem analysis/ Problem identification and
formulation/Modelling
Use of engineering tools/ Ability to use
appropriate engineering tools, techniques and
resources/Ability to select appropriate tools,
techniques, and resources