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AOE-5074: Advanced 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. Pre: Graduate standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: AOE-5315

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 10

Average GPA: 3.56 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 57.34%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Owen F Hughes201475.3%23.3%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.696
Staff Ikeda20170.0%80.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.801
Christine M Gilbert202265.7%24.3%0.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%3.412
Alan J Brown201585.7%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.811

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