101. Principles of Aerospace Engineering. (1-0). Credit 1. I, II

Overview of aerospace engineering and the aerospace industry, including requirements and assignments of an aerospace engineer, vehicle configurations and missions, aerodynamics, structures and materials, dynamics and control, simulation and testing, and aerospace engineering in the future. Prerequisites: ENGR 111, MATH 151, PHYS 218, or registration therein.

201. Introduction to Aerospace Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Basic aerodynamic phenomena and simplified theory; elementary aerospace vehicle performance and design. Prerequisites: ENGR 211 or registration therein; MATH 152.

301. Theoretical Aerodynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Fundamentals of incompressible flow, conservation principles, continuity, momentum, rotationality, circulation, lift, drag, potential flow, thin airfoil theory, panel methods, airfoil design, high lift devices, finite wing theory, vortex lattice methods, and wing design. Prerequisites: AERO 201 and 320; ENGR 212 and 214; MATH 308.

302. Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I. (1-3). Credit 2. I, II

Demonstrates and complements material in courses on aerodynamics, structures and dynamics; basic testing techniques and use of computers. Prerequisites: AERO 320; AERO 301, 304, 310 or registration therein.

303. High Speed Aerodynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Fundamentals of compressible flow, acoustic waves, shock and expansion waves, shock-expansion theory, supersonic airfoil design, small perturbation theory, conical flow theory, supersonic wing panel methods, supersonic wing design, similarity theory, cone flow, unsteady waves, and theory of characteristics. Prerequisites: AERO 301; concurrent registration in AERO 351.

304. Structural Analysis I. (4-0). Credit 4. I, II

Structural design considerations; mechanics of structures; introduction to elasticity; constitution of materials; analysis of typical aerospace structures in bending, extension, torsion and shear. Prerequisites: AERO 320; ENGR 213 and 214; MATH 308.

305. Aerospace Engineering Laboratory II. (1-3). Credit 2. I, II

Demonstrates and complements material on aircraft stability and control and propulsion as well as aerodynamics and structures. Prerequisites: AERO 303, 306, 351 and 421 or registration therein; ENGR 215.

306. Structural Analysis II. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Work and energy principles; analysis of indeterminate structures by classical virtual work and finite elements; introduction to elastic stability of columns; application of energy methods to determine stresses, strains and displacements in typical aerospace structures; design considerations in aerospace structures. Prerequisite: AERO 304.

310. Aerospace Dynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Linear theory of free and forced vibrations and dynamic response of single and multi-degree of freedom systems; frequency response of first and second order systems with instrumentation applications. Prerequisites: AERO 320; ENGR 214; MATH 308.

320. Numerical Methods. (2-3). Credit 3. I, II, S

Numerical and analytical methods of solving engineering problems involving curve fitting; interpolation and extrapolation; difference operators and differentiation; integration; solutions to linear and non-linear equations and differential equations with engineering applications. Prerequisite: MATH 308 or registration therein.

351. Aerothermodynamics and Propulsion. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Aerothermodynamics of gases; laws of thermodynamics; equilibrium conditions; mixtures of gases; combustion and thermochemistry; compressible internal flows with friction, heat transfer and shock; turbojet cycle analysis and performance; chemical rockets. Prerequisites: AERO 301; concurrent enrollment in AERO 303.

401. Aerospace Vehicle Design I. (2-3). Credit 3. I, II

Aerodynamic design, specification, arrangement, performance analysis, weight and balance, stability. Prerequisites: AERO 303, 306, 351, 421 or approval of instructor.

402. Aerospace Vehicle Design II. (0-6). Credit 2. I, II

Continuation of AERO 401. System optimization by examination and analysis of necessary trade-offs. Prerequisite: AERO401.

404. Mechanics of Advanced Aerospace Structures. (3-0). Credit 3. I

Advanced analysis techniques for aerospace structures; material anisotropy, plasticity, fatigue and fracture; laminated materials; solution of plane elasticity, plate and multi-component structural configurations; buckling of beams and plates; application of finite element analysis. Prerequisite: AERO 306.

405. Aerospace Structural Design. (3-0). Credit 3. II

Overall structural integrity of complete aerospace systems; structures subjected to critical loads; design considerations in aerospace structures. Prerequisite: AERO 306.

417. Aerospace Propulsion. (3-0). Credit 3. I

Air breathing propulsion; design and analysis of inlets, compressors, combustors, turbines and nozzles; application to aeronautical and ground transportation. Prerequisite: AERO 351.

419. Chemical Rocket Propulsion. (3-0). Credit 3. I

Nozzles and heat transfer in rockets, liquid and solid propellant systems; combustion and combustion stability; flight performance including trajectories, multistaging and exchange rate curves; rocket testing. Prerequisite: AERO 351.

420. Aeroelasticity. (3-0). Credit 3. II

Classical analysis of fundamental aeroelastic phenomena with application to aerospace vehicles; flutter, divergence, control effectiveness. Prerequisites: AERO 303, 306, 310.

421. Dynamics of Aerospace Vehicles. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Aircraft static stability and control; longitudinal and lateral dynamic stability; general equations of motion; stability derivatives; response to control inputs. Prerequisites: AERO 301 and 310.

422. Active Controls for Aerospace Vehicles. (3-0). Credit 3. I

Introduction to the Theory of Automatic Control specifically applied to aerospace vehicles; techniques for analysis and synthesis of linear control systems, stability criteria, systems response and performance criteria; design studies of active controls to improve aerospace vehicle performance. Prerequisite: AERO 421.

423. Space Technology I. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Rocket fundamentals; trajectories including aerodynamics, gravity turn and trajectory optimization, orbital mechanics, orbit lifetimes, three-body problem, orbit perturbations. Prerequisite: AERO 421.

425. Flight Test Engineering. (2-3). Credit 3. II

Application of performance and stability and control theory to flight test measurements; standard atmosphere and airspeed equations for pitot-static system calibrations; flight test methods for evaluating performance, stability and control, and stal-spin characteristics; laboratory practice in planning and conducting small flight test project. Prerequisites: AERO 421 and senior classification.

430. Numerical Simulation. (3-0). Credit 3. II

Numerical and analytical simulation of physical problems in science and engineering using applied methods; developing and using numerical techniques for physical problems described by nonlinear algebraic equations, ordinary and partial differential equations. Prerequisite: AERO 320 or MATH 417.

452. Heat Transfer and Viscous Flows. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II

Navier-Stokes and boundary layer equations; exact and approximate solutions; laminar boundary layers; origin of turbulence; transition; turbulent boundary layers; viscous airfoil design; one and two dimensional heat transfer; methods for steady and transient heat conduction; thermal boundary layers; convection; and radiation. Prerequisites: AERO 351; MATH 308.

472. Airfoil and Wing Design. (3-0). Credit 3. I

Subsonic airfoil design and analysis, subsonic wing design and analysis, swept and delta wings, vortex lift, transonic flow methods, viscous transonic phenomena, transonic airfoil and wing design, supersonic panel methods, supersonic wing design, optimization. Prerequisite: AERO 303.

481. Seminar. (1-0). Credit 1. I

Readings, reports, conferences and discussion. Prerequisite: Senior classification in aerospace engineering. To be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

485. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4 each semester. I, II, S

Special problems in aerospace engineering assigned to individual students or groups. Prerequisites: Senior classification; approval of department head.

489. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. I, II, S

Selected topics in an identified field of aerospace engineering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.

(See Mechanics and Materials (MEMA) for the aerospace engineering course in applied mechanics.)