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3.00 Credits
Energy resources. Heat generation by combustion, solar collection. Analysis of power systems for space and advanced commercial power generation. High-temperature cycles. Offered: even years; A.
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3.00 Credits
Examines spacecraft dynamics and control. Includes basic orbital mechanics-the restricted three body problem, Hill fs theory, perturbation theory, orbit determination, rigid body kinematics and dynamics, attitude control, and spacecraft formation flying. Prerequisite: MATH 307; MATH 308.
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3.00 Credits
Nucleonics, and heat transfer of nuclear-heated rockets. Electrothermal, electromagnetic, and electrostatic thrusters. Power/propulsion systems. Prerequisite: permission. Offered: odd years; Sp.
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3.00 Credits
General concepts and theory of solid mechanics. Large deformations. Behavior of elastic, viscoelastic, and plastic solids. Linear theory of elasticity and thermoelasticity. Wave propagation in solids. Offered: A.
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3.00 Credits
Theory of plasticity, yield surfaces, flow rules, limit theorems. Concepts of failure and fatigue in aerospace structures, residual strength, cumulative damage, probability aspects and case histories. Prerequisite: A A 530 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Offered: odd years; W.
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3.00 Credits
Analyses and design of composite materials for aerospace structures. Micromechanics. Anisotropic elasticity. Laminated plate theory. Thermo-viscoelastic behavior and fracture of composites. Prerequisite: A A 530 or permission of instructor. Offered: odd years; Sp.
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3.00 Credits
Livne Includes the formulation of engineering design problems as optimization problems, gradient based numerical optimization methods, design oriented structural analysis, structural sensitivity analysis, approximation concepts, and introduction to multidisciplinary design optimization. Prerequisite: coursework in structural analysis; finite elements; and computer programming; or permission of instructor. Offered: A; odd years.
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3.00 Credits
Formulation of the finite element method using variational and weighted residual methods. Element types and interpolation functions. Application to elasticity problems, thermal conduction, and other problems of engineering and physics. Offered: W.
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Advanced concepts of the finite element method. Hybrid and boundary element methods. Nonlinear, eigenvalue, and time-dependent problems. Prerequisite: A A 540 or permission of instructor. Offered: Sp.
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3.00 Credits
Numerical approximation of the inviscid compressible equations of fluid dynamics. Analysis of numerical accuracy, stability, and efficiency. Use of explicit, implicit, and flux split methods. Discussion of splitting, approximate factorization, discrete point, and finite volume approaches. Applications to the solution of simple hyperbolic systems of equations and the Euler equations. Offered: W.
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