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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of rocket and airbreathing jet propulsion devices electric propulsion; prediction of thrust, combustion reactions, specific fuel consumption, and operating performance; ramjets; turbojets; turbofans; turboprops; aerothermodynamics of inlets, combustors, and nozzles; compressors, turbines; component matching, fundamentals of electrothermal, electromagnetic elastostatis thrusters, and solar sails. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: AE 312 and PHYS 212.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Basic principles of chemical rocket propulsion and performance, rocket component design, liquid rockets, solid rocket motors, combustion processes, combustion instability. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 312 and AE 433.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Elements of electric propulsion as applied to near-earth and deep-space missions; impact on spacecraft design; physics of ionized gases; plasmadynamics; electrothermal, electromagnetic, and electrostatic acceleration of gases to high velocity; high-impulse thruster design and performance; the resistojet, arcjet, ion engine, Hall thruster, MPD arc thruster, and plasma gun. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 433.
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3.00 Credits
Design of aerospace flight systems. Principles of systems engineering as they apply to the design process; general design methodology; application of these concepts to the initial sizing of both aircraft and spacecraft systems. Involves intensive technical writing. Involves intensive technical writing. AE 440 and AE 441 taken in sequence fulfill the Advanced Composition Requirement. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in AE 302, AE 311, AE 322, AE 352, and AE 433.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of AE 440. Conceptual design project of either an aircraft or spacecraft flight system to satisfy a given set of requirements. Project team organization. Emphasis on sizing, trade studies and design optimization, subsystem integration, and technical communication skills. To fulfill the Advanced Composition Requirement, credit must be earned for both AE 440 and AE 441. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: AE 440.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the design of aerospace flight systems. Principles of systems engineering as they apply to the design process; general design methodology; application of these concepts to the initial sizing of both aircraft and spacecraft systems. Involves intensive technical writing. No graduate credit. AE 442 and AE 443 taken in sequence fulfill the Advanced Composition Requirement. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in AE 311, AE 323, and AE 352.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Advanced fundamental treatment of aerodynamic and dynamic structural phenomena associated with flexible airplanes and missiles; divergence of linear and nonlinear elastic lifting surfaces; effect of elastic and inelastic deformations on lift distributions and stability; elastic flutter of straight and swept wings; equations of disturbed motion of elastic and inelastic aircraft; dynamic response to forces, gusts, and continuous atmospheric turbulence; creep divergence of lifting surfaces; flutter in the presence of creep; effect of temperature on inelastic divergence and flutter. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 352 or TAM 412; AE 322 or TAM 251.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examination the common core of dynamics and control theory. Fundamental concepts of Lagrangian dynamics, state space representations, Hamiltonian and modern dynamics, stability theory, and control of dynamical systems. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 353.
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2.00 Credits
Theory and application of experimental techniques in aerospace engineering with emphasis on fluid dynamic, aerodynamic, thermal, combustion, and propulsion phenomena. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: AE 311; credit or concurrent registration in AE 433.
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2.00 Credits
Examines theory and application of experimental techniques in aerospace engineering with emphasis on structural mechanics, vibrations, dynamics, and control systems. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: AE 321 and AE 352. Credit or concurrent registration in AE 323 and AE 353.
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