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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An advanced course in orbital motion of earth satellites, interplanetary probes, and celestial mechanics. Topics include orbit specification, orbit determination, Lambert's problem, Hill's equations, intercept and rendezvous, air-drag and radiation pressure, lagrange points and three-body orbits, numerical methods, general perturbations and variation of parameters, earth-shape effects on orbits, Hamiltonian treatment of orbits, Lagrange's planetary equations, orbit resonances, and higher-order perturbation effects.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to stochastic optimal control theory and application. It reviews mathematical foundations and explores parametric optimization, conditions for optimality, constraints and singular control, numerical optimization, and neighboring-optimal solutions. Least-squares estimates, propagation of state estimates and uncertainty, and optimal filters and predictors; optimal control in the presence of uncertainty; certainty equivalence and the linear-quadratic-Gaussian regulator problem; frequency-domain solutions for linear multivariable systems; and robustness of closed-loop control are all studied.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to fluid mechanics. The course explores the development of basic conservation laws in integral and differential form; one-dimensional compressible flows, shocks and expansion waves; effects of energy addition and friction; unsteady and two-dimensional flows and method of characteristics. Reviews classical incompressible flow concepts, including vorticity, circulation, and potential flows. Introduces viscous and diffusive phenomena.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to the mechanics of viscous flows. The kinematics and dynamics of viscous flows. Some solutions of the Navier Stokes equations. The behavior of vorticity. The boundary layer approximation. The laminar boundary layer with and without pressure gradient. Separation. Compressible laminar boundary layers. Introduction to instability and transition. Introduction to turbulence.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Physical and statistical descriptions of turbulence, and a critical review of phenomenological theories for turbulent flows. The course examines scales of motion; correlations and spectra; homogeneous turbulent flows; inhomogeneous shear flows; turbulent flows in pipes and channels; turbulent boundary layers; calculation methods for turbulent flows (Reynolds stress equations, LES, DNS); and current directions in turbulence research. This course is offered in alternate years.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Noncontinuum descritpion of transport and reactive flow. The course examins mlecular collisions Bolzmunn equation, and Chapmann-Easkog expansion for near-equilibrium flows; flows with transnational, vibrational and chemical non-equiliburum; shock structure; and plasma with chemical reactions
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
In most problems of interest in engineering, flow is governed by a set of non-linear partial differential equations (conservation laws), often on geometrically complicated domains, and a solution can only be computed numerically. This course presents the fundamental underpinnings of Computational Fluid Dynamics. Both finite-difference/finite-volume and finite element techniques are illustrated, with emphasis on the compressible flow regime. Advanced techniques for shock capturing are developed, and both explicit and implicit integration schemes are discussed.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A seminar of graduate students and staff presenting the results of their research and recent advances in flight, space, and surface transportation; fluid mechanics; energy conversion; propulsion; combustion; environmental studies; applied physics; and materials sciences. There is one seminar per week and participation at presentations by distinguished outside speakers.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
A seminar of graduate students and staff presenting the results of their research and recent advances in flight, space, and surface transportation; fluid mechanics; energy conversion; propulsion; combustion; environmental studies; applied physics; and materials sciences. There is one seminar per week and participation at presentations by distinguished outside speakers.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The goal of the course is a substantial mastery of the "calculus of one variable" together with an ability to solve calculus problems with efficiency and understanding.
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