Aerospace Engineering (AERO)

Introduction to the engineering profession including the aeronautical and aerospace fields. Engineering approach to problem-solving and analysis of data obtained from experiments. Basic nomenclature and design criteria used in the aerospace industry. Applications to basic problems in the field. 1 lecture, 1 laboratory.

Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 4 units.

Introduction to problem solving techniques and team-centered design projects in aerospace engineering. Primary emphasis on the solutions of design problems in aerospace engineering using computers. 2 laboratories.

Project-based study of fundamental systems engineering concepts including sub-system interface requirements, verification and validation, modeling/analysis/design, and implementation of complex aerospace systems. 1 laboratory.

Directed group study of selected topics. The Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 1 to 4 lectures.

Basics of thermodynamics, energy, systems and control volume analysis. First law, second law, phase change and energy analysis for aerospace-relevant applications. Entropy and exergy, cycle analysis (Rankine, Brayton, turbojets and turbofans). Not open to students with credit in AERO 301. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Analytical and numerical methods for aerospace engineering problems. Topics include vector calculus, linear algebra, ordinary and partial differential equations, and Fourier transforms. Computer tools and numerical methods as applied to problems in aerodynamics, structures, stability and control and astronautics. Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format. 4 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Properties of fluids, statics, mass/energy/momentum for aeronautical applications, external aerodynamics (lift and drag), dimensional analysis for scale testing, introduction to differential analysis and Navier-Stokes equations, basics of laminar and turbulent boundary layers. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Basics of heat transfer and approaches to problem solving, steady heat conduction, convection (forced and natural), heat exchanger design, shock waves and compressible flow in nozzles and diffusers (normal, oblique, expansion waves), thermal radiation and applications. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Introduction to theoretical aerodynamics. Primary emphasis in the subsonic region, including compressibility effects. Basic aerodynamic theory: Airfoil theory, wing theory, lift and drag. Team-centered aerodynamic design. Flight performance. 4 lectures.

Wind tunnel testing of basic aerodynamic properties of airfoils, finite wings, aircraft or spacecraft models, and vehicle flight performance. Emphasis on both static and dynamic responses of aircraft. Various measurement techniques, data reduction schemes, and analysis methods. 2 laboratories.

Technological developments of modern aircraft and spacecraft through physics of flight equations, mission analysis, propulsion, structures, materials, and control systems for civil and military aircraft/spacecraft. Synthesis of current and future aerospace technologies through emerging ethical considerations, and global impact. 4 lectures. Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format. Crosslisted as AERO/HNRS 310. Fulfills GE Upper-Division B (GE Areas B5, B6, or B7 for students on the 2019-20 catalog).

Introduction to six degree of freedom rigid body dynamic and kinematic equations of motion, including coordinate transformations, Euler angles and quaternions for aerospace vehicles. Linearization and dynamic system theory and stability. Introduction to linear control theory, controller design and analysis. Course may be offered in classroom-based or online format. 4 lectures.

Experiments in translational and rotational dynamics, structural, thermal, and flow control. Comparison of modeling/simulation results to experimental data. Role of actuators, sensors, noise, feedback, and supporting instrumentation hardware and software. Introduction to technical communication. 1 laboratory.

Deflection analysis. Principles of fictitious displacement, virtual work, and unit load method. Energy methods: Castigliano's theorem, Maxwell-Betti reciprocal theorem, minimum principles, Rayleigh-Ritz's method and Galerkin's method. Stress analysis of aircraft and spacecraft components. 4 lectures.

Systems engineering principles and methods applied to the design of aerospace systems. System-level requirements, user needs and stakeholder constraints, component-level requirements, and requirements breakdown structure. Project planning and tracking. Trade studies for design decision making. 2 lectures.

Motion of a body in a central field. Keplerian Orbits. Orbital maneuvers. Interplanetary trajectories. 4 lectures.

Laboratory examples of the effects of the space environment on a spacecraft and design considerations. Topics include the launch, vacuum, particulate, plasma, and radiation environments. All topics are applied to how the environment affects spacecraft design considerations. Not open to students with credit in AERO 356. 2 laboratories.

Effects of the space environment on a spacecraft and design considerations. Lecture and laboratory topics include the launch, vacuum, neutral and particulate environments. Not open to students with credit in AERO 353 or AERO 354. 2 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Effects of the space environment on a spacecraft and design considerations. Lecture and laboratory topics include the radiation, plasma, and thermal environments and the synergistic effects. Not open to students with credit in AERO 353 or AERO 354. 2 lectures, 1 laboratory.

The creative problem solving process for an engineering design team. How to explore context and causes as part of defining a design problem; the principles of brainstorming, synthesis, and judgment. Role of iteration, implementation, and communication. Importance of a diverse view, including: customers, products, processes, systems, ethics, and professional responsibility. Team-based applications to case studies and real-world engineering design problems. 2 laboratories.

Individual investigation, research, studies, or surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 8 units.

Power plant types, components, characteristics, and requirements. Principles of thrust and energy utilization. Thermodynamic processes and performance of turboprop, turboshaft, turbofan, turbojet, ramjet, and rocket engines. 4 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Effects of the propulsion subsystem on spacecraft design. Introduction to air breathing propulsion systems. Topics include basic rocket performance, monopropellant thrusters, bipropellant thrusters, electric thrusters, thruster placement, plumbing, tank sizing and design, system layout, component design, and systems integration. 4 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Review of gas dynamics, shock-wave and boundary-layer interaction, aerodynamic design. 2-dimensional supersonic flows around thin airfoil; finite wing in supersonic flow. Local surface inclination methods for high-speed flight, boundary-layer and aerodynamic heating, viscous interactions. 4 lectures.

Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to study a range of problems relating to applications in aerospace and automotive engineering. Grid generation, sources of errors in CFD studies, boundary conditions, 2D and 3D external flows, and turbulence modeling. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories.

Near planet environments. Transition from orbital to aero-dynamic motion. Aerodynamic heating and effects on design. 4 lectures.

Plasma applications in aerospace technology and operations including hypersonics, space weather, shielding, stealth, communications, power, and aerodynamics. Computational modelling of plasma and plasma theory. 4 lectures.

Overview of flight tests, test equations, and supporting facilities. Principles of team-centered flight testing with applications to performance, stability and control, and avionics systems testing. Test planning, instrumentation, data analysis and reports. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories.

Newton's 6-degree-of-freedom equations of motion applied to aerospace vehicles. Stability and control derivatives, reference frames, steady-state and perturbed dynamic analyses applied to aerospace vehicles. Stability and control design principles applied to transfer functions, state-space, and modal system dynamics. 4 lectures.

Introduction to spacecraft attitude dynamics and control. Momentum exchange devices and bang-bang thruster control. Attitude determination (GPS), maneuvers and station keeping. Fundamentals of guidance and navigation systems. Analysis and design of control systems for aerospace vehicles. 4 lectures.

Fundamentals of propeller and jet aircraft performance. Steady and accelerated flight. Equations of motion. Level flight, gliding, climbing, driftdown. Takeoff and landing. Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). Range and endurance. Payload-range diagram. Maneuvering. V-n diagram. Turning and pull-ups. Stall and spin behavior. Energy methods. 4 lectures.

Basic equations of elasticity with applications to typical aerospace structures. Concepts studied include analysis of aircraft and aerospace structures; airworthiness and airframe loads; structural constraints; elementary aeroelasticity; structural instability; introduction to modern fatigue; fracture mechanics; and composite structures analysis. 4 lectures.

Review of isotropic material behavior. Behavior of unidirectional fiber composites. Properties of short-fiber composites and orthotropic lamina. Analysis of laminated composites. Stresses and strains of composites. Strength and hygrothermal behavior of composite materials. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Employing the knowledge of stress analysis and aerospace structural analysis in an individual and group design project dealing with aerospace structures. 1 laboratory.

Analysis and design applications for aircraft and spacecraft structures. Stress concentrations, fatigue, and fracture mechanics. Structural dynamics. Framed structures, plates and shells. Composite applications. 4 lectures.

Taylor series. Finite difference calculus. Interpolation and extrapolation. Finite difference method. Basic equations of elasticity. Global stiffness matrix. Rayleigh-Ritz method. Galerkin method. Bernoulli-Euler beam element. Finite element formulation. Dynamic analysis. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

System and conceptual design of an aircraft using design and calculation techniques developed in previous aerospace engineering courses. Determination of system requirements and design of a flight vehicle, including its structures and systems. Preparation of necessary drawings, briefings, and reports. Field trip required. 3 laboratories.

Preliminary layout of a typical aircraft vehicle using design and calculation techniques developed in previous aerospace engineering courses. Design of a flight vehicle, including its structures and systems. Preparation of necessary drawings and a report. Field trip required. 3 laboratories.

Preliminary layout of a typical aircraft vehicle using design and calculation techniques developed in previous aerospace engineering courses. Design of a flight vehicle, including its structures and systems. Preparation of necessary drawings and a report. Field trip required. 3 laboratories.

Basic satellite types and their applications. Major subsystems of a satellite system including ground support and launch systems. Interactions between subsystems and their effects on the overall system design. Detailed analysis of key subsystems on a spacecraft with special emphasis on power and communications subsystems. 4 lectures.

System and conceptual design of a space vehicle using design and calculations techniques in previous aerospace engineering courses. Determination of system requirements and design of a spacecraft or system of spacecraft. Preparation of necessary drawings, briefings and reports. Field trip required. 3 laboratories.

Preliminary layout of typical space vehicle using design and calculation techniques developed in previous aerospace engineering courses. Design of selected components and preparation of necessary drawings. 3 laboratories. Field trip required.

Preliminary layout of typical space vehicle using design and calculation techniques developed in previous aerospace engineering courses. Design of selected components and preparation of necessary drawings. Field trip required. 3 laboratories.

Aerospace systems and subsystems. Systems integration. Development of system requirements. Analysis, modeling and simulation of complex systems. Project management. Cost analysis. Optimization and trade studies. 4 lectures.

Relative orbital motion and rendezvous, linearization of the equations of motion. Clohessy-Wiltshire equations. Two-impulse rendezvous. Aspherocity of the earth, aerodynamic drag, solar radiation pressure, and n-body perturbations on an orbit. Encke, Cowell, and Variation of Parameters solution techniques. Speciality orbit due to perturbations such as low thrust trajectories, sun-synchronous, and molynia orbits. 4 lectures.

Requirements and considerations for human spaceflight design and operations. Effects of the spaceflight environment on the human body and countermeasures to mitigate those effects. Designing a spacecraft for the human payload focusing on space operations. 4 lectures.

Topics on professional development for student success including resume building and career prospecting, current events in the aerospace industry, graduate studies, engineering ethics, intellectual property, non-disclosure agreements, teamwork, and innovation and entrepreneurship. 1 lecture.

Culminating laboratory based experience. Experiments require the integration of the many disciplines in Aerospace Engineering. The successful completion of each experiment requires synthesis and integration of the fundamental concepts of the engineering sciences. Experimentation in the areas of aeroelasticity, active vibration control, inertial navigation, thermal control, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, and momentum exchange. 1 laboratory.

Directed group study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. The Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 1 to 4 lectures.

Directed group laboratory study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. The Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 1 to 4 laboratories.

Part-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. Formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading only. No major credit allowed; total credit limited to 6 units.

Full-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. Formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading only. No major credit allowed; total credit limited to 18 units.

Full-time work experience in business, industry, government, and other areas of student career interest. Positions are paid and usually require relocation and registration in course for two consecutive quarters. A more fully developed formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading only. No major credit allowed; total credit limited to 24 units.

Advanced study planned and completed under the direction of a member of the department faculty. Open only to graduate students who have demonstrated ability to do independent work. Enrollment by petition. Total credit limited to 12 units.

Engineering development and analysis of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) as airborne tools for societal benefit. Use of RPAS for military, public service, and commercial purposes. Characterization of missions and applications. Development of system requirements and concepts of operation. Evaluation of relative merits and limitations of RPAS. 4 lectures.

Vectors and tensors stress analysis. Analysis of deformation. Velocity fields and compatibility conditions. Constitutive equations. Isotropy. Mechanical properties of real fluids and solids. Field equations and boundary conditions in fluid mechanics problems and applications in elasticity. Active remodeling of structures. 4 seminars.

Concept of boundary-layer. Boundary-layer equations, similarity transformation, integral and differential methods for steady, two-dimensional laminar and turbulent boundary layers. 4 lectures.

Classification of partial differential equations. Numerical methods applicable to the solution of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations. Consideration of accuracy and stability of numerical methods. Application to the fundamental equations of fluid dynamics, grid generation, turbulence modeling. 4 lectures.

Satellite thermal/fluid control hardware. Governing equations for flow and heat transfer. Surface tension and liquid/vapor interface. Heat transfer by free convection, forced convection and radiation in low-gravity environment. Heat pipes. Capillary-pumped loops. Cryogenic systems. Fluid management in space. 4 lectures.

Behavior of composite materials. Bending, buckling, and vibration of laminated plates. Fatigue and fracture mechanics analysis of composite structures. Optimum design of composite pressure vessels. 2 seminars, 2 laboratories.

Overview of theoretical and applied methods of finite element analysis for aerospace structures including composite and light weight structures. Topics include basic equations of elasticity, solutions of linear systems of equations transformation, global stiffness matrix, Bernoulli-Euler element, plane stress triangles, finite element formulation, isoparametric elements, alternative formulation, eigenvalue problems and dynamic analysis. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Structural dynamics and aeroelasticity of flight vehicles. Vibration and forced response of continuous structures. Introduction to unsteady aerodynamic analysis methods. Normal-Mode Method and Modal Analysis. Framed structures and rigid body structures. Airworthiness and aeroelasticity. Random Vibrations. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Types of failure. Theories of failure. Stability of structures. Advanced flight vehicle and fracture mechanics analysis and design. Fundamentals and applications of modern fatigue analysis in the aerospace industry. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory.

Thrust and impulse equations, propellant composition and mixture ratios, nozzle expansion ratios, solid and liquid propellant combustion, internal ballistics, thermo-chemical computations, chemical kinetics, and combustion instability, nozzle design and exhaust plumes. 4 seminars.

Aerothermodynamics of propulsion systems, power plant selection and design, on-off design performance, component characterization, component design, component matching, optimization, and introduction to power plant and airframe integration systems for aircraft. 4 seminars.

Relates systems engineering to complexity in the design and development of modern large engineered systems, with emphasis on aerospace applications. Covers methods currently available to address complexity, including systems thinking, model based systems engineering and life cycle governance. 4 lectures.

Systems engineering principles and methods. Program planning, scheduling and budgeting, risk management, and design strategies to meet system/mission requirements. Quality function development and quality control concepts. Proposal development, evaluation, and selection. Not open to students with credit in AERO/IME 510 or AERO/IME 511. 4 lectures.

Advanced control theory techniques. Analytical and computational methods applied to dynamic systems. State space system representation, solutions to dynamic systems, non-linear and linear stability analysis, full-state and output feedback, controllability and observability and advanced control topics (LQR/LQG, Kalman Filters, Adaptive Control, etc.). 4 lectures.

Initial orbit determination using angles only methods. Various Solutions to Lambert's Problem. Orbit and transfer optimization, libration points, halo orbits, and secondary orbit perturbations. 4 lectures.

Attitude determination and control of rigid spacecraft via reaction wheels, control moment gyros and thrusters. Modeling, analysis and control of flexible spacecraft. Non-linear stability theory as applied to spacecraft. 4 lectures.

Space vehicle integration requirements and procedures. Clean room requirements and operations. Quality control and inspection. Qualification and acceptance testing requirements. Test equipment. Vibration and shock testing. Space environment and thermal-vac testing. Development of test procedures. 1 lecture, 1 laboratory.

Launch operations and vehicle integration with launch vehicle. In-orbit operations and maneuvers. Spacecraft tracking. Telemetry and command. Ground systems. Failure detection and identification. Emergency operations. 1 lecture, 1 laboratory.

Application of advanced analytic engineering methods to aircraft design problems. Analysis and synthesis of advanced topics related to design of aircraft. 4 lectures.

Application of advanced engineering tools to the design of space vehicles. System architecture and mission design. Concept of operations. Requirements development and flow down. System and subsystems trade studies and preliminary design. 4 lectures.

Immersive team-based approach to an aerodynamic research and development cycle. Theoretical work, preliminary design based upon computational fluid dynamics, and model manufacture. Advanced techniques in multi-variable wind tunnel tests. Validation of numerical work using correlation techniques. Field trip may be required. Total credit limited to 8 units. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories.

Continuation of AERO 568. Single or multi-variable design optimization cycle based upon computational fluid dynamics. Numerical and experimental experimentation, high-fidelity validation and correlation of testing data, and archival-quality technical reporting of aerodynamic data and analysis. Total credit limited to 8 units. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories.

Directed group study of selected topics for graduate students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. The Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 4 lectures.

Directed group laboratory study of selected topics for advanced students. Open to undergraduate and graduate students. The Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 8 units. 1 to 4 laboratories.

Advanced study analysis and part-time work experience in student's career field; current innovations, practices, and problems in administration, supervision, and organization of business, industry, and government. Must have demonstrated ability to do independent work and research in career field. Credit/No Credit grading only.

Advanced study analysis and full-time work experience in student's career field; current innovations, practices, and problems in administration, supervision, and organization of business, industry, and government. Must have demonstrated ability to do independent work and research in career field. Credit/No Credit grading only.

Advanced study analysis and full-time work experience in student's career field; current innovations, practices, and problems in administration, supervision, and organization of business, industry, and government. Must have demonstrated ability to do independent work and research in career field. A fully-developed formal report and evaluation by work supervisor required. Credit/No Credit grading only.

Each individual or group will be assigned a project for solution under faculty supervision as a requirement for the master's degree, culminating in a written report/thesis.