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4.00 Credits
Flow physics of turbulence. Turbulence scales and structures. Reynolds equations. Vorticity dynamics. Energy production, convection, and dissipation. Similarity rules and turbulence modeling for jets, wakes, mixing and boundary layers. Effect of turbulence on noise, combustion, heat transfer, and flow control. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: AERO 302, graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Low gravity environment. Mass, momentum and energy transport equations. Free and forced convections. Materials processing. Two-phase flows. Combustion and flame propagation. Turbulence. Fluid management in space. Students are expected to do self-study and make a presentation for the seminar. 3 lectures, 1 seminar. Prerequisite: AERO 301, AERO 302, and AERO 303, graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: AERO 3O3, graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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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. Prerequisite: AERO 301, AERO 302, and AERO 303, or graduate standing.
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4.00 Credits
Inelastic stress analysis. Yield criteria. Strain hardening. Plastic straining and bending. Elastic-plastic problems. Plastic instability. Slip-line fields for plains. Plastic strain problems and analysis and introduction to viscoplasticity. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: AERO 431.
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4.00 Credits
Fundamentals of structural dynamics and aeroelasticity of flight vehicles. Undamped and damped, free and forced vibration of a single and multi degree-of-freedom linear systems. Finite elements and vibrational analysis. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
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. Prerequisite: AERO 303, AERO 401, graduate standing or consent of instructor.
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