201 Aerospace Seminar (1) An overview of aerospace engineering with lectures, laboratory demonstrations, and field trips. Aerospace history, aircraft and space flight fundamentals, propulsion techniques, wind tunnel testing, biomedical issues in aviation and space flight.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
341 Fluid Mechanics I (3) Introduction to fluid flow concepts; hydrostatics; development of mass, momentum, and energy conservation laws in integral and differential form; dimensional analysis and similitude; viscous laminar and turbulent flows in pipes; introduction to boundary layers.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 231 and Mathematics 241.
345 Aerospace Engineering Instrumentation and Measurement (3) Fundamentals of measurement systems; standards; dynamic characteristics of instruments; statistical data treatment; transducers; signal conditioning; strain, pressure, temperature and flow measurements.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 341 and Electrical and Computer Engineering 301.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 363.
351 Compressible Flow (3) One-dimensional internal flow with shocks, friction, and nonadiabatic conditions. Two-dimensional external flows.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 341 and Mechanical Engineering 331.
363 Structural Analysis of Aerospace Vehicles (3) Fundamentals of structural analysis applied to configurations common to aerospace vehicles.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 321.
370 Airplane Performance (4) Airplane aerodynamics, characteristics of propulsion systems, prediction of airplane performance, static and dynamic stability, and control of aircraft.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 341.
410 Professional Topics (2) Topics relating to professional responsibility, communications, and organization. Formal oral presentation by each student on an engineering topic chosen by the student and approved by the instructor. (OC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): English 102.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
422 Aerodynamics (3) Theory and design of aerodynamic bodies for desired characteristics. Potential flow theory, viscous effects, and compressibility effects. Subsonic, transonic, and supersonic airfoils.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 and 370.
424 Astronautics (4) Solar system; orbital mechanics; propulsion; atmospheric entry, including thermal protection materials, human factors in space flight, the space environment, and current topics.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 351.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 344.
425 Propulsion (4) Principles of propulsion devices, principally jet and rocket engines. Combustion and equilibrium, inlets, nozzles, compressors, pumps and turbines. Overall performance evaluations.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 351.
426 Introduction to Aerospace Design (2) Design process, synthesis, design studies. Individual design reports required.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 and 370.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 363.
(RE) Corequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 344.
429 Aerospace System Design (3) Synthesis and design of a complete aerospace system. Participation in team design effort including formal presentations and design report.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 426 and 422.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 425.
449 Aerospace Engineering Laboratory (3) Designing, conducting, and reporting results of experimental exercises. Test standards and specifications. Analysis of data and formation of conclusions.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lab per week.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 345 and 351.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 425.
494 Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering (1-4) Problems and topics related to developments and practice in aerospace engineering.
Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1-4 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
495 Selected Topics in Aerospace Engineering (1-4) Problems and topics related to developments and practice in aerospace engineering.
Repeatability: Not repeatable. May be taken once for 1-4 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.