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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1-3 credits. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Individual analytical, computational, and/or experimental study in an area selected by student. Supervised and approved by the advisor.
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0.00 - 12.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: AE 406, ME 436. Aircraft concepts including performance prediction and optimization, flight and maneuver envelopes, and steady flight performance. Additional topics: longitudinal static stability and trim; aircraft dynamics; development, separation and solution of aircraft equations of motion; natural modes; dynamic stability; sensors and actuators; and design of stability augmentation and autopilot systems.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ME 303, 312, 340. Inviscid flow concepts including: Euler equations, stream function, velocity potential, singularities, vorticity and circulation laws. Viscous flow topics including boundary layers, separation, and turbulent flow. In addition, external flows, lift and drag, thin airfoil theory, finite wing theory and airfoil design will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ME 303 or MET 330 or CEE 330. Review of basic fluid mechanics principles pertaining to the incompressible flow of air. Introduction to bluff body aerodynamics, production and performance (race car) automotive aerodynamics, as well as truck and bus aerodynamics. Discussion of experimental and computational methods for evaluating vehicle aerodynamic performance. Discussion of the optimization of high performance vehicle design for low drag and/or high downforce and the facilities and techniques required. Introduction to the aerodynamics of other surface vehicles such as sailboats and trains. Lecture and wind tunnel experiments.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ME 312 or 414. Basic principles of design, operation and performance of propulsion systems - including turbojet, turboprop, turbofan, and ramjet engines. Introduction to chemical rockets, ion and plasma thrusters.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisite: ME 332. Analysis of aircraft and space vehicle structural components. Effects of bending, torsion and shear on typical aerospace structural components, statically indeterminate beams, shear center and shear flow. Introduction to typical aerospace structures. Introduction to composite structures.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: MATH 307 and PHYS 232N. Introduction to spacecraft systems starting from mission design and space environment considerations and proceeding through propulsion, attitude control, spacecraft structural design, thermal control, power and communications for spacecraft. (cross-listed with ME 407/507)
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 3 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: ME 205 and MATH 307. Basic mechanics governing vehicle dynamic performance. Analytical methods in vehicle dynamics. Laboratory consists of various vehicle dynamics tests on model vehicles and full-size racecars. (cross-listed with ME 407/507)
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3.00 Credits
Lecture 2 hours; laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. Prerequisites: AE 407/507 and 457/557. On-track performance of typical racecars (Legends and Baby Grand) to demonstrate and evaluate the interplay between vehicle aerodynamics, suspension system geometry adjustments, tire selection and operating pressure on overall racecar performance and handling. Laboratory testing via on-board instrumentation during skid pad and road course evaluation; computer simulation to investigate various car set-ups.
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