DEFINITION:

Structural analysis and design consist in all the steps necessary to guarantee that any structural part will be able to fulfil its requirements. It encompasses the conception and design (with links with CAD) and the prediction/verification of strength to static loads (stress analysis) and low amplitude cycling loads (fatigue). The effects of the environment (such as ageing, thermal loads, moisture effects, . . .) are included in this domain.

(Source: ACARE Domain 205)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Metallic Material constitutive laws (linear elasticity, plasticity, viscolelasticity)
2. Composite laws (linear and non-linear domains)
3. Numerical methods (finite element, solving methods)
4. Composite and multilayer structure modelling
5. Static Stress analysis with damage and failure criteria
6. Fatigue behaviour analysis with crack initiation and propagation
7. Multi-scale modelling methods for CMC, OMC and MMC materials
8. Buckling (linear and non-linear approaches) for metallic components
9. Buckling for composite structures with or without stiffener
10. Post-buckling (crack initiation and delamination propagation)
11. Assembling modelling (rivets, bonding, FSW techniques,..)
12. Optimisation methods