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No: 37152
R05 SET-1
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
IV .B.TECH – I SEM REGULAR EXAMINATIONS JANUARY- 2010
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DETAILED DESIGN
(AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) What are the types for landing gear.
b) Write the design procedure for single wheel landing gear with neat sketches. [16]

2. The thin- walled single cell beam has been idealized into combination of direct stress carrying
booms and shear stressesaly carrying walls. If the section supports a vertical shear bond of 10KN
acting vertical plane through booms 3 and 6. Calculate the distribution of shear flow around the
section. Boom areas B1 = B8 = 200mm 2 , B2 = B7 = 250mm 2 , B3 = B6 = 400mm 2 , B4 = B5 = 100mm 2
as shown in figure. [16]

3. a) Explain the construction of fuselage structure.

b) Explain with neat sketches skin instability, panel instability and general instability. [6+10]

4. Monocoque cylinder radius r = 1250mm, thickness t = 1.25mm, length L = 1875mm,

E = 74 KN/ mm 2 . The cylinder subjected to an axial compressive bond of 225KN and internal
pressure of 0.3447 N\ mm 2 . What is the margin of safety under this combined load system with
90% Probability and 95% confidence level (for thin interval Fccr / E = 0.000121 )
take µ = 0.3, η = 1.0, K c = 280 . [16]

5. Explain the phenomenon of distribution of concentrated loads on thin webs in aircraft structure.
[16]

6. Find the shear centre for the wing section shown in figure. Web 3 has a thickness 1.6mm, and the
other webs have thickness of 1mm. Assume G is constant for all cross- sections. The cross section
is symmetrical about a horizontal. [16]
7.a) Explain in detail the shear forces in tapered webs.
b) Derive the relationships for shear force at any section of a tapered diagram tension field
beam, subjected to a load at its free end perpendicular to the axis in the plane of the
beam. [8+8]

8. A steel ship deck plate G 2.5mm thick, 10m wide and 20m long (in the tensile stress direction).
It is loaded with a normal tensile stress of 50 MPa. It is operated below its ductile to brittle
transition temperature with K IC equal to 28.3Mpa m . If a 65mm long central hole transverse
crack is present, estimate tensile stress at which catastrophic failure will occur. Compare thin
stress with the yield strength of 240 Mpa for the steel. [16]

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 Code.No: 37152
R05 SET-2
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
IV .B.TECH – I SEM REGULAR EXAMINATIONS JANUARY- 2010
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DETAILED DESIGN
(AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Tricycle type of landing gear shown in fig.

Find the forces Gv, Fv, Hd, Fd, Hv of brace struts. Assume the data if necessary. [16]

2. a) Discuss the structural functions of the various components of an aircraft with particular
reference to the wing of a medium sized transport aircraft.
b) Explain briefly what area the air forces acting in a wing of aircraft. [10+6]

3. a) How the structural idealization helpful for analysis of structure?

b) Part a wing section in the form of a two-cell box shown-figure in which the vertical spars are
connected to the wing skin through angle sections having a cross-sectional area of 300 mm 2 .
Idealize the section into an arrangement of direct stress carrying booms and shears stress only
carrying panel suitable for resisting bending moments in a vertical plane. Position the boom at
the spar/skin junctions. [4+12]
4.a) Write about the classification of cylinders.
b) Derive compressive buckling stress (Fcr ) and buckling coefficient ( K c ) for monocoque circular
cylinder under axial compression. [6+10]

5. a) Write difference between monocoque and semimonocoque cylinder.

b) A circular cylinder has a radius r = 1250mm length, length L = 1875mm and wall thickness
(F) = 1125mm. What compressive load it will carry and also calculate geometrical parameter (Z),
take µ = 0.3 . Buckling coefficient Kc = 280 , E= 74KN/ mm 2 . [6+10]

6. Derive the general wagner equation for the tension field beam theory. [16]

7. Determine the shear flow distribution in the web of the tapered beam shown in the figure below at
a section midway along its length. The web of the beam has a thickness of 2 mm and is fully
effective in resisting direct stresses. The beam tapers symmetrically about its horizontal
centroidal axis and the cross section area of each flange is 400 mm 2 . [16]

8. A plate of width 1.4 mm and length 2.8m is required to support tensile force in the 2.8m direction
5.0MN. Inspection procedure will only detect through thicken edge cracks larger than 2.7mm.
The two Ti-6Al- 4 V alloys in table are being considered for this application, for which the safety
factor must be 1.3 and minimum weight is important. Which alloy should be used? [16]

Metal KIC MPa m S y Mpa

Ti- 6A1-4V 115 910
Ti- 6A1-4V 55 1035

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 Code.No: 37152
R05 SET-3
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
IV .B.TECH – I SEM REGULAR EXAMINATIONS JANUARY- 2010
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DETAILED DESIGN
(AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
---

1. a) Explain the working procedure of oleo struct? Explain construction detail with neat sketch.
b) Explain design procedure for landing gear. [8+8]

2. A fuselage has the circular cross-section as shown in figure. The cross sectional area of each
stringer is 100 mm 2 and the fuselage is subjected to bending moment of 200KNm applied in the
vertical plane of symmetry, at thin section. Calculate the divert stress distribution. Take skin
thickness (t) as 0.8mm [16]

3. a) Determine the stress in a stiffened cylindrical structure under external loads.

b) With a neat sketch, derive the boom area of any cross-section and also find out boom areas for
axial loading and prove boarding moment. [8+8]

4. A Circular cylinder has radius (r) = 1250mm a length L = 1875mm and wall thickness (t) =
1125mm. What compressive load will it carry? Using design values based on 90% probability,
95% confidence level ( for this case Fccr /E = 0.000121) and 99% probability , 95% confidence
level ( for this case Fccr /E= 0.000082). Discuss above two levels. Take
µ = 0.3, E = 74 KN/ mm 2 and for curve r/t = 1000 [16]

Geometrical Parameter(z) Buckling Coefficient (Kc)

2000 260
3000 400
5. a) Explain the different types of structural measures that are used in air craft structures.
b) Explain different types of fuselage structures
c) What are the monocoque and semi monocoque structures? Explain briefly with suitable
example. [6+5+5]

6. Calculate the shear flows in the web panels and the axial loads in the flanger of the wing rib
shown in fig. Assume that the web of the rib is effective only in shear while the resistance of
the wing to bending moments is provided entirely by the three flanges 1, 2 and 3. [16]

7. A cantilever beam of constant cross-section carrying a 60kN load at the free end. The beam
will be strength checked for the given load. The material properties are as shown in figure.
Web. : 2024-T3 alum.sheet Ftu = 442 Fty = 290 E = 72500
Flanger : 7075-T6 Ftu = 538 Fcy = 486 E = 71000 [16]

8. a) Explain why residual stress are important in failure analysis.

b) Describe the concept of fatigue crack propagation. [8+8]

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 Code.No: 37152
R05 SET-4
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
IV .B.TECH – I SEM REGULAR EXAMINATIONS JANUARY- 2010
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DETAILED DESIGN
(AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING)
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
---

1. Tricycle type of landing gear shown in fig.

Find the forces Gv, Fv, Hd, Fd, Hv of brace struts. Assume the data if necessary. [16]

2. What is effective sheet thickness and effective area of stringer type of fuselage section?
Explain with the help of neat sketches. [16]

3. The fuselage as shown in fig. is subjected to a bending moment of 100kN-m applied in the
vertical plane of symmetry. If the section had been completely idealized into a combination
of direct stress carrying and shear stress only carrying panels, determine the direct stress in
each boom. [16]
 4. a) Explain about buckling short cylinders, intermediate cylinders, long cylinders and very
long cylinders. [16]
b) Discuss buckling of monocoque circular cylinder under axial load and internal
pressure.

5. a) Explain buckling of a monocoque circular cylinder under external hydrostatic pressure

b) Monocoque cylinder radius (r) = 1500mm, thickness t = 1.4mm, length L = 2200mm, µ =
0.3. Torsional buckling co-efficient ( Kt ) = 180. Find the geometrical parameter (Z) and what
torsional moment will this cylinder develops. [16]

6. a) Derive the approximate formula for semi-tension field beam

b) A 50mm by 2.4mm steel tube is heat treated to a 6 + ultimate tensile strength
σ tu = 1240 N / mm 2
i) Find the margin of safety if the tube resists a design tension load of 22000N and a design
bending moment of 3.3 kN-m.
ii) Find the margin of safety if the tube resists a bending moment of 3.3KN-m and a torsional
τT
moment of 5.64KN-m. Assume σ B = 1466 N / mm2 and the ratio = 0.58 . [16]
σ tu

7. The cantilever beam shown in figure is uniformly tapered along its length in both X and Y
directions and carries a load of 100k N at its free end. Calculate the forces in the booms and
shear flow distribution in the walls at a section 2m from the built in end if the booms resist
all the direct stresses while the walls are effective only in sheer. Each corner boom has a
cross-sectional area of 900 mm 2 while both central booms have cross-sectional area of 1200
mm 2 . [16]
8. Explain the theories of failure in structural design. [16]

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