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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Selected Topics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Continuation of MAE 310, external incompressible viscous flows, steady one dimensional compressible flows, and fluid machinery. Concurrent registration in MAE 411 (Fluid Mechanics Laboratory) required. Prerequisite: MAE 310. Prerequisite with concurrence: MAE 311.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Experimental determination of fluid properties; losses in internal flows; structure of external boundary layers; drag of bluff bodies. Introduction to and use of experimental uncertainty analysis and statistical data analysis. Prerequisites: MAE 310.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of compressible flow including area change, friction, and heat transfer. Fundamentals of acoustic waves, one and two-dimensional shock and expansion waves, shock-expansion theory, and linearized flow with applications to inlets, nozzles, wind tunnels, and supersonic flow over aerodynamic bodies and wings. Prerequisites: MAE 341.
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3.00 Credits
Application of the principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics to the prediction of aerodynamic performance of aircraft, missiles, and other flight vehicles. Topics include lift and drag, thrust and power, and the influence of wing loading, power loading, zero-lift drag, wing geometry, high lift devices, and Mach number on the performance and design trades of flight vehicles. Prerequisites: MAE 420.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the operation, analysis, and design of liquid and solid rockets. The course incorporates an experience in design and realization of a thermal system, in which students work in teams to design a rocket motor or component. Students majoring in aerospace engineering must take either MAE 440 or MAE 441 to satisfy the aerospace propulsion elective. Prerequisite: MAE 342, and 410 or 420. 163 Prerequisite with concurrency: MAE 450.
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3.00 Credits
Includes thermodynamic cycles as related to propulsion, the chemistry and thermodynamics of combustion, one-dimensional, internal, compressible flow including: isentropic flow, normal shocks, flow with friction, and simple heat addition. Applications to airbreathing aircraft propulsion systems. Performance, analysis and design of components, and overall performance of airbreathing engines including: turbojets, turbofans, and other airbreathing propulsion systems. The course incorporates an experience in design and realization of a thermal system, in which students work in teams to design an engine or component. Students majoring in aerospace engineering must take either MAE 440 or MAE 441 to satisfy the aerospace propulsion elective. Prerequisite: MAE 342, and 410 or 420.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Experimental investigation of aerospace structures, airfoils and bodies in subsonic flows, and performance of various aerospace propulsion systems. One credit hour laboratory is included. Prerequisite: MAE 311. Prerequisite with concurrency: MAE 371, 430, and 440 or 441.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Principles of heat and mass transfer; application of principles to problems in conductive, convective, and radiative heat transfer and mass transfer; laminar and turbulent flow processes; boiling and condensation; heat exchangers. One credit hour laboratory included. Prerequisites: MAE 310 and 385.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics applied to analysis and design of systems for storage and transport, and exchange of thermal energy. Modeling of thermal equipment, simulation of system performance, optimization of system design, and comprehensive design of thermal systems. Prerequisites: MAE 342 and MAE 450; MAE 490 recommended.
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