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3.00 Credits
Digital Control of Aerospace Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Analysis and design of discrete and sampled-data controllers unique to aircraft and spacecraft; modeling of aircraft and spacecraft, sources of uncertainties; requirements and specifications; direct digital design using MIMO optimal techniques; sample rate selection, multi-rate controllers; robustness. Prerequisite: AERO 422 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Estimation of Dynamic Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Traditional concepts and recent advances in estimation related to modern dynamic systems found in aerospace disciplines; least squares estimation, state estimation, nonlinear filtering, aircraft position and velocity tracking, attitude determination of spacecraft vehicles, gyro bias estimation and calibration. Prerequisites: AERO 310 or equivalent; STAT 211 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of Structural Dynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. Examination of flexible structures through a review of single degree-of-freedom dynamical systems followed by an in-depth study of continuous and multiple degree-of-freedom systems; emphasis on discrete modeling of structures for vibration analysis and dynamic analysis, with minimal development of methods such as finite elements. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced Spacecraft Dynamics and Control. (3-0). Credit 3. Review of fundamental principles; introduction to alternate and advanced methods of dynamics and control for aerospace systems; alternate methods for generating and analyzing equations of motion; techniques for complex multibody systems; variable speed control moment gyros; method of quadratic modes; focus on modeling techniques for aerospace systems. Prerequisite: AERO 622.
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3.00 Credits
Experimental Aerodynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. Review of fundamental principles in aerodynamics; basics of instrumentation, electronics, data-acquisition; experimental techniques in aerodynamics/fluid mechanics; pressure, skin friction, force and velocity measurement techniques in wind and water-tunnel testing; conventional and novel techniques in data-processing and systems modeling; smart systems in experimental aerodynamics. Prerequisite: AERO 601.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Random Dynamical Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Building on basic probability theory, course covers theory and applications of discrete and continuous random processes. Particular attention shall be paid to the response of dynamical systems (discrete, linear and non-linear), to random input processes and their application to Engineering Systems. Prerequisite: Graduate student status.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced Trajectory Optimization for Aerospace Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Numerical solution of optimal control problems (OCP) as a nonlinear programming problem (NLP); control of a nonlinear missile using SNOPT, trajectory generation, motion planning, atmospheric entry problems; elements of approximation, distributed and parallel computation techniques, dynamical systems, stability theory, parameter optimization. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Design of Advanced Flight Control Systems - Theory and Application (3-0). Credit 3. Modeling, analysis, design and implementation of advanced flight control problems, specifically aerospace engineering applications; includes choice of controlled variables, reduction of controlled variables, design methodology, computational framework, implementation issues, and software environments using various toolboxes. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced Aerospace Multibody Dynamics. (3-0). Credit 3. Techniques for modeling, simulation, and analyzing multibody dynamical systems; includes development of kinematic expressions for articulating bodies, adding and constraining degrees of freedom through mappings; familiarization with industry codes, such as DISCOS; appreciation of learned techniques on various systems, including omni-directional vehicles, Stewart platforms, and gyroscopically-stabilized walking robots. Prerequisite(s): AERO 622 or graduate classification and approval of Instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Turbulence Processes. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of conservation, Lagrangian, transformation, variance properties; flow features: laminar, transition, turbulence regimes, characteristics, spectrum; statistical (filter/average) description: scales, Reynolds, arbitrary averaging, realizability; elementary turbulence processes: viscous, advective/inertial, role of pressure; elementary process models, viscous RDT, RDT for velocity gradients, equipartion of energy, restricted Euler equations; isotropic, homogeneous turbulence. May be taken 2 times for credit.
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