Review of tensor algebra – tensor analysis – concept of continuum – kinematics of a deformable body – deformation and strain – motion and flow – analysis of stress-stress tensors – conservation laws, mass and momentum conservation – continuum thermodynamics – first and second laws applied to a continuum – Clausius-Duhem inequality – constitutive relations – applications.

Introduction to static and dynamic aeroelastic phenomena – divergence, control efficiency and control reversal – two dimensional analysis – divergence of unswept wings – effect of sweep on divergence and control reversal – two-dimensional (airfoil) flutter analysis with quasi-steady and unsteady aero- dynamic loads – introduction to buffeting, stall flutter, galloping and vortex-induced oscillations problems.

1. Strain measurements

2. Structural vibration

3. Wave propagation

4. Fabrication and testing of laminated composites

5. Static and stability behaviour of thin-walled structures

6. Non-destructive testing

7. Structural modelling and analysis in CAE environment