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AOE-4274: Intermediate Ship Structural Analysis

Description: Analysis of plate bending, buckling, and ultimate strength using computational tools and methods. Calculation of elastic buckling of stiffened panels. Eigenvalue methods for buckling and vibration. Incremental plastic collapse; other progressive collapse. Ultimate strength of large structural modules due to combined loads. Introductory level finite element analysis.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-3224

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 3.60 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 51.89%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Owen F Hughes201359.8%40.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.5910
Staff Ikeda201620.0%80.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.141
Christine M Gilbert202283.9%11.1%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.782
Ming Ma202380.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801

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