Teaching

Aerospace Structures (co-tenant)

Mandatory course of the III year (first semester) of the BSc programme in Aerospace Engineering

Number of credits: 9 (3)

Description and objectives: The aim of the course is to teach fundamentals of structural analysis and basic methodologies for modelling and design aerospace structures. Aerospace loads analysis, static loads response, principles of dynamics and stability are also studied. At the end of the lessons students will be able to use their  knowledge on the study of the elements of aerospace structures both statically and dynamically.

Class hours: 90 (30)

Lab / exercise hours: 20 (15)

Class attendance: optional

Evaluation: written test + oral exam

Academic Year 2023-24

Class Schedule

The lessons of the course Aerospace Structures for the Academic Year 2023-24 will start on September 25th 2023 (Monday) and will continue until  December 22nd 2023 (Friday). The lessons will be held at room 38 of the Civil and Industrial Engineering Faculty in Via Eudossiana 18 with the following time-schedule:

Further info on class schedules for the incoming semester can be found at the following web adress: https://www.ing.uniroma1.it/orari-delle-lezioni

Space Structures

Mandatory course of the I year (second semester) of the MSc programme in Space and Astronautical Engineering

Number of credits: 9

Description and objectives: The course gives an introduction to space multibody dynamics with an emphasis on flexible body dynamics. A kinematic description of rigid bodies is presented first, drawing attention to different parametric representations of the body’s orientation in space. Rigid body dynamics is then treated via a description of constraints (integrable vs. non-integrable), followed by the derivation of Kane’s equations from D’Alambert principle and the final description of Newton-Euler equations of motion by means of Lagrangian dynamics. A brief overview of the theory of elasticity is then offered, introducing the structural eigenproblem as a mean to reduce the large dimensionality of the elastic problem. The dynamics of deformable bodies is then described posing particular focus on the onset of nonlinear couplings between rigid and elastic displacements. A finite element approach is therefore adopted to solve the dynamic problem, resorting to various coordinates reduction techniques to reduce the models’ order. A brief hint to the large deformations problem is finally given. Class lectures will be integrated by workshops on the use of the software ADAMS by MSC. 

Class hours: 90

Lab / exercise hours: 20

Class attendance: optional

Evaluation: oral exam

Academic Year 2023-24

Class Schedule

The lessons of the course Multibody Space Structures for the Academic Year 2022-23 will start on February 27th 2023 (Monday) and will continue until  June 1st  2022 (Thursady). The lessons will be held at rooms 20, 23 and 32 of the Civil and Industrial Engineering Faculty in Via Eudossiana 18 with the following time-schedule:

Further info on class schedules for the incoming semester can be found at the following web adress: https://www.ing.uniroma1.it/orari-delle-lezioni

Please fill out the following form to enlist for the course:

https://forms.gle/w1LEeVGTepMpo3nCA

Once registered, all of the students will be given access to the Microsoft Teams platfoms which will serve as virtual hub for the course.

Office hours: every monday for 6 PM to 7 PM via Google Meet at the following link: 

https://meet.google.com/tdv-ogfq-rea

Please book in advance by sending an email to: michele.pasquali@uniroma1.it. 

Exams Sessions

The exams for the course Multibody Space Structures for the Academic Year 2022-23 will take place remotely in the following days: 

Diary of the course

Multibody Space Structures

Optional course of the II year (second semester) of the MSc programme in Space and Astronautical Engineering

Number of credits: 6

Description and objectives: The course gives an introduction to space multibody dynamics with an emphasis on flexible body dynamics. A kinematic description of rigid bodies is presented first, drawing attention to different parametric representations of the body’s orientation in space. Rigid body dynamics is then treated via a description of constraints (integrable vs. non-integrable), followed by the derivation of Kane’s equations from D’Alambert principle and the final description of Newton-Euler equations of motion by means of Lagrangian dynamics. A brief overview of the theory of elasticity is then offered, introducing the structural eigenproblem as a mean to reduce the large dimensionality of the elastic problem. The dynamics of deformable bodies is then described posing particular focus on the onset of nonlinear couplings between rigid and elastic displacements. A finite element approach is therefore adopted to solve the dynamic problem, resorting to various coordinates reduction techniques to reduce the models’ order. A brief hint to the large deformations problem is finally given. Class lectures will be integrated by workshops on the use of the software ADAMS by MSC. 

Class hours: 60

Lab / exercise hours: 8

Class attendance: optional

Evaluation: oral exam

Academic Year 2022-23

Class Schedule

The lessons of the course Multibody Space Structures for the Academic Year 2022-23 will start on February 27th 2023 (Monday) and will continue until  June 1st  2022 (Thursady). The lessons will be held at rooms 20, 23 and 32 of the Civil and Industrial Engineering Faculty in Via Eudossiana 18 with the following time-schedule:

Further info on class schedules for the incoming semester can be found at the following web adress: https://www.ing.uniroma1.it/orari-delle-lezioni

Please fill out the following form to enlist for the course:

https://forms.gle/w1LEeVGTepMpo3nCA

Once registered, all of the students will be given access to the Microsoft Teams platfoms which will serve as virtual hub for the course.

Office hours: every monday for 6 PM to 7 PM via Google Meet at the following link: 

https://meet.google.com/tdv-ogfq-rea

Please book in advance by sending an email to: michele.pasquali@uniroma1.it. 

Exams Sessions

The exams for the course Multibody Space Structures for the Academic Year 2022-23 will take place remotely in the following days: 

Diary of the course