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4.00 Credits
Introduction to analysis of rotary wing aircraft. Overview of avionics systems. Performance figures of merit. Stability and control of helicopters. Equations of motion for forward flight. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: AERO 306, AERO 300.
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4.00 Credits
Overview of flight simulators, aerospace avionics systems, and supporting facilities including simulation equations for flight mechanics and land navigation. Team-centered projects, reports, and presentations are emphasized with a strong focus on computer simulation of piloted flight. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories. Prerequisite: AERO 420.
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4.00 Credits
Stability and control derivatives, reference frames, steady-state static analysis and perturbed dynamic analysis for aircraft and spacecraft. 2007-2009 Cal Poly Catalog Transfer function, state-space, and modal representations of system dynamics in response to control inputs. Design guidelines and introduction to augmentation systems. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: AERO 306, AERO 320, and ME 212.
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1.00 Credits
Implementation of elementary control analysis techniques to design and build control systems for integrated aerospace vehicles, structures and thermal systems. Analysis of sensors and actuators as applied to control problems and data acquisition. Extended use of modern computational controller design tools and data analysis. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: AERO 420.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: AERO 331.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: AERO 331.
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1.00 Credits
Employing the knowledge of stress analysis and aerospace structural analysis in an individual and group design project dealing with aerospace structures. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: AERO 331, AERO 431.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: AERO 300, AERO 331.
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3.00 Credits
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. AERO 443: 2 lectures, 2 laboratories. AERO 444 and AERO 445: 3 laboratories. Prerequisite: Senior standing, IME 144, AERO 215, AERO 303, AERO 306, AERO 331, AERO 405, AERO 420, AERO 431. Concurrent: AERO 401. Open to students enrolled in the multidisciplinary design minor.
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4.00 Credits
Basic satellite types and their applications. Major subsystems of a satellite system. Space environment, propulsion system, power system, structural design, spacecraft dynamics and attitude control, orbit mechanics, thermal control, communications, and ground segments. Spacecraft integration and testing. May also be available to offsite locations (Distance Education). 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ME 212, AERO 320.
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