| 200 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering I U 5 |
| | Introduction to aerospace design, with emphasis on aerodynamics and aircraft performance. |
| | Au Qtr. 4 cl, 1 2-hr lab. Prereq or concur: Math 152, Physics 131, and a minimum cumulative pt-hr ratio of 2.00. This course is available for EM credit. |
| 201 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering II U 5 |
| | Introduction to aircraft stability; propulsion integration; introduction to astronautics. |
| | Wi Qtr. 4 cl, 1 2-hr lab. Prereq: 200 and a minimum cumulative pt-hr ratio of 2.00. This course is available for EM credit. |
| 405 Thermodynamics U 4 |
| | Introduction to the properties and behavior of aerodynamic fluids from microscopic and macroscopic points of view. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 201. |
| 414 Applications of Differential Equations in Aerospace Engineering U 2 |
| | Applications of differential equation methods learned in Math 414 to problems arising in aerospace engineering. |
| | Sp Qtr. 2 cl. Prereq: 201, Math 254. Concur: Math 414. Open only to students who are enrolled in Math 414. |
| 510 Aerospace Laboratory |
| | Laboratory demonstrations and experiments in aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, propulsion, and structures of flight vehicles. |
| | 1 4-hr lab. Open only to Aero Eng majors. |
| | 510.01 Aerospace Laboratory I U 2 |
| | | Laboratory experiments in structures, dynamics and control. |
| | | Au Qtr. Prereq: 542, 581 and a second writing course. |
| | 510.02 Aerospace Laboratory II U 2 |
| | | Laboratory experiments in gas dynamics and propulsion. |
| | | Wi Qtr. Prereq: 530, 550, 560 and a second writing course. |
| | 510.03 Aerospace Laboratory III U 2 |
| | | Laboratory experiments in data acquisition, signal processing and aerodynamics. |
| | | Sp Qtr. Prereq: 560, 581 and a second writing course. |
| 512 Systems Integration I U 1 |
| | Integration of material from structures, fluids and dynamics courses by means of industrially relevant design projects. |
| | Au Qtr. 1 2-hr lab. Concur: 520, 530, 542. |
| 513 Systems Integration II U 1 |
| | Integration of material from structures, fluids and dynamics courses by means of industrially relevant design projects. |
| | Wi Qtr. 1 2-hr lab. Concur: 521, 543, 560. |
| 514 Systems Integration III U 1 |
| | Integration of material from heat transfer and propulsion courses by means of industrially relevant design projects. |
| | Sp Qtr. 1 2-hr lab. Concur: 550, 570, 581, Elec Eng 300. |
| 515 Preliminary Design of Flight Vehicles I U 3 |
| | Beginnings of preliminary design, methodology, case studies, introduction of design software, group planning for subsequent design effort. |
| | Au Qtr. 2 3-hr labs. Prereq: 521, 543, 550, 560. |
| 516 Preliminary Design of Flight Vehicles II U 3 |
| | Continuation of preliminary design from Aero Eng 515. Students learn to utilize CAD and other computational tools as a part of the design process. |
| | Wi Qtr. 2 3-hr labs. Prereq: 515. |
| 517 Detailed Design of Flight Vehicles U 2 |
| | Detailed design of aerospace vehicle components. |
| | Sp Qtr. 2 2-hr labs. Prereq: 515, 516. Not open to students with credit for 544. |
| 518 Design of Flight Vehicles U 3 |
| | Continued design work on vehicle developed in 516. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 2-hr labs. Prereq: 516. Not open to students with credit for 416. |
| 520 Flight Vehicle Dynamics U G 4 |
| | Introduction to the concept of dynamic stability and to the dynamics of rigid aircraft and satellite vehicles. |
| | Au Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 201, Mech Eng 430. |
| 521 Linear Systems Engineering U G 4 |
| | Analysis of a flight vehicle from a systems point of view. Free and forced response. Introduction to closed-loop and open-loop systems. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 520, 581, Elec Eng 300, Elec Eng 309. |
| 530 One-Dimensional Gasdynamics U G 4 |
| | One-dimensional gasdynamics, including flow with friction and heat conduction, but with an introduction to oblique shocks and Prandtl-Meyer flows. |
| | Au Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 201, 405. |
| 542 Flight Vehicle Structures I U G 4 |
| | Load distributions, temperature distributions, and allowable stresses for flight vehicle structures; derivations of basic equations for analysis of flight vehicle structural components. |
| | Au Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: Mech Eng 410, 520, MatSc&En 205, concur: 581. |
| 543 Flight Vehicle Structures II U G 4 |
| | Stress analysis of flight vehicle structures. |
| | Wi Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 542. |
| 550 Principles of Flight Vehicle Propulsion U G 4 |
| | Fundamentals of aerospace propulsion including engine cycles and analysis of various air-breathing engines and rocket engines. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 530. |
| 560 Fundamentals of Aerodynamics U G 4 |
| | Fundamentals of low- and high-speed inviscid aerodynamics. |
| | Wi Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 530, 581. |
| 561 Advanced Aerodynamics U G 3 |
| | Advanced elements of aerodynamics in low- and high-speed flow. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 560. |
| 570 Viscous Flow and Heat Transfer U G 4 |
| | Fundamentals of viscous flow, laminar and turbulent boundary layers, aerodynamic heating, effects of body forces and elements of radiative transfer. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 560, 581. |
| 580 Analytical Methods in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering U G 4 |
| | Application of selected topics in mathematics to analysis in the field of aeronautical and astronautical engineering. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 201 and Math 415. |
| 581 Numerical Methods in Aerospace Engineering U 3 |
| | Application of numerical methods to selected topics in the field of aerospace engineering. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: En Graph 167, 580. |
| 612 Aircraft Flight Test Engineering U G 4 |
| | A determination of the performance, stability, controllability, and handling qualities of general aviation aircraft through flight tests. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 cl, 1 2-hr lab. Prereq: 520 and 560, or equivs with permission of instructor. |
| 615 Introduction to Computational Aerodynamics U G 4 |
| | Introduction to computational methods used in aerodynamic flow problems; applications to airfoil analysis and design. |
| | Wi Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 560, 581 and En Graph 167, or equivs. |
| 616 Advanced Aerospace Vehicle Design U G 3 |
| | Configuration formulation, performance and analysis, propulsion system design and integration, material selection, structural efficiency, CAD/CAM, computer simulations. |
| | Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. 3 cl. Prereq: 518, 516 or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs. |
| 620 Automatic Control of Aerospace Vehicles I U G 3 |
| | Control theory as applied to analysis and design of flight control systems; components of automatic flight control systems. |
| | Wi Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 521 and Elec Eng 300. |
| 621 Aircraft and Spacecraft Automatic Control Systems II U G 4 |
| | Control theory as applied to analysis and design of control systems for complex flight structures; interaction between structural flexibility and control systems. |
| | Wi Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 521. |
| 626 Orbital Mechanics U G 3 |
| | Satellite orbit analysis and interplanetary missions. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 201, 520, Mech Eng 430. |
| 645 Introduction to Structural Dynamics of Aerospace Vehicles U G 3 |
| | Dynamics of flexible aircraft and spacecraft, introduction to aeroelastic phenomena, modal methods, computer implementation and simulation of motion. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 521, 543, 560, Mech Eng 430. |
| 693 Individual Studies in Advanced Aerospace Engineering U G 2-10 |
| | Individual studies on advanced topics in aerospace engineering. |
| | Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Prereq: Written permission of dept. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U. |
| 694 Group Studies in Aerospace Engineering U G 1-15 |
| | Group studies on special topics in aerospace engineering. |
| | Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Prereq: Written permission of dept. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. |
| 720 Stability and Control of Flight Vehicles U G 4 |
| | Modern methods of system response analysis, root-locus analysis, and Liapunov stability analysis. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 521. |
| 745* Aeroelasticity I U G 4 |
| | Dynamic loads analysis of elastic flight vehicles subjected to unsteady airloads. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 521, 543 and 560. |
| 751* Advanced Propulsion U G 4 |
| | Characteristics and performance of air breathing flight vehicle power plants and their components (inlets, turbo-machinery, combustors, and expansion nozzles). |
| | Au Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 550. |
| 752 Rocket Propulsion U G 3 |
| | A discussion of all propulsion types for space flight: liquid, solid, hybrid, nuclear and electric. Emphasizes fundamentals of each technique, and trade-offs in engine selection and design. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 1-hr cl. Prereq: 550. |
| 760 Advanced Compressible Flow U G 4 |
| | Two-dimensional supersonic flow theories. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 561 or equiv. |
| 771 Aerodynamics of Viscous Compressible Flows U G 4 |
| | Analysis of laminar boundary layers in high speed flows. Introduction to interacting boundary-layer theory and triple-deck theory, three-dimensional boundary layers. |
| | Wi Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 570. |
| 775* Hypersonic Flows I U G 4 |
| | Introduction to the analysis of inviscid hypersonic flow fields. |
| | Au Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 561. |
| H783 Honors Research U 1-5 |
| | Supervised research and project work arranged individually for honors students. |
| | Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Arr. Prereq: Sr, honors standing, permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs. Limitations on numbers of credit hours applicable toward degree are governed by departmental rules. This course is graded S/U. |
| 800 Theory of Deformation and Flow G 3 |
| | General treatment of the basic principles underlying the mechanics of deformable media from macroscopic point of view. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 543, 560, and 570 or equiv. Required of all first yr grad students. |
| 801 Deformation of Aerospace Structures G 3 |
| | Application of the unifying theories and principles of solid and fluid mechanics to vehicular structures with emphasis on aerospace structures. |
| | Wi Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 800. |
| 802 Analytical Methods in Engineering I G 4 |
| | Advanced methods for solution of partial differential equations with applications to fluid dynamics and heat transfer; topics include Green's function, integral transforms and asymptotic solutions. |
| | Wi Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 560, 414 or equivs. |
| 803 Analytical Methods in Engineering II G 3 |
| | Continuation of 802 with emphasis on the solution of singular perturbation problems. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 802. |
| 805 Aerodynamics of Chemically Reacting Fluids G 3 |
| | The aerodynamics of one-dimensional compressible flow with chemical reactions and wave propagation. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 800. |
| 810 Flight Vehicle Performance Analysis G 3 |
| | Analysis of flight vehicle performance in planetary atmospheres. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 550 and 761. |
| 820 Advanced Flight Vehicle Stability and Control G 3 |
| | Advanced studies in stability of systems, non-linear systems, Liapunov method, dynamics in extra-terrestrial atmospheres, new control methods. |
| | Wi Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 720. |
| 842* Advanced Structures for Flight Vehicles G 3 |
| | Advanced analysis and design of aircraft structures and/or structural components including thermal, inelastic, and buckling effects. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 543, 800. |
| 844 Optimal Aerospace Structural Design G 3 |
| | Optimal design of aircraft and spacecraft structural components; emphasis on the issues of mathematical modeling of design problems for optimization and solution search techniques. |
| | Sp Qtr. 2 1.5-hr cl. Prereq: 542, 543, and 801. Not open to students with credit for 842 given in Spring Qtrs 1990-94. |
| 850 Non-Equilibrium Flow Dynamics G 3 |
| | Relaxation, dissociation, waves (sound, shock) nozzle flow and design collisional energy transfer in gases. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 530 or equiv. |
| 851 Advanced Propulsion Problems G 3 |
| | Combustion instability, free radicals as energy source, space propulsion problems, noise of exhaust jets, energy conversion, solid propellants, heat transfer in rocket engines, and cascade theory. |
| | Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. 3 cl. Prereq: 751. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs. |
| 860* Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics G 3 |
| | Topics to include unsteady aerodynamics, transient wave phenomena, interactive and separated flow, transonic flows. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 760. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. |
| 865* Advanced Viscous Flow Theory G 3 |
| | Three-dimensional viscous flow at low and high Reynolds number; stability theory; statistical theories of turbulence. |
| | Wi Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 771 and 800. |
| 866* Hydrodynamic Stability of Fluid Motions G 4 |
| | Instability of inviscid and viscous parallel flows; thermal and centrifugal instability boundary-layer transition; and concepts of linear, nonlinear, and secondary instability analysis. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 570, 800 or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Mech Eng 866. |
| 868 Molecular Theory of Gas Flows G 3 |
| | Theory of gas flows from molecular points of view. |
| | Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 800 concur. |
| 873* Computational Fluid Dynamics G 4 |
| | Advanced numerical methods for solving Navier-Stokes equations as well as equations for inviscid and boundary layer flows. |
| | Sp Qtr. 4 cl. Prereq: 615 or Mech Eng 707. |
| 875 Introduction to Turbulence G 3 |
| | Turbulence theory fundamentals and tools used to understand the physical mechanisms involved and their application to modeling and experiment. |
| | Sp Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 560, 570, 800 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Mech Eng 813 and Chem Eng 815.09. Cross-listed with Mech Eng 813 and Chem Eng 815.09. |
| 880 Seminar G 1 |
| | Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. 1 2-hr cl. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. Required of all grad students in aero eng. This course is graded S/U. |
| 889 Advanced Topics in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering G 2-5 |
| | Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Prereq: Permission of dept. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U. |
| 894 Group Studies in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering G 1-15 |
| | Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. |
| 999 Research in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering G 1-18 |
| | Research for thesis or dissertation purposes only. |
| | Su, Au, Wi, Sp Qtrs. Repeatable. This course is graded S/U. |