Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Course Offerings Bulletin 2008-2009 for Winter (As of  7/3/2009)

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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. 
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: 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
 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. Not open to students with credit for 515. 
 515.01 Preliminary Design of Atmospheric Flight Vehicles I U 3
  Design of atmospheric flight vehicles and components.
 515.02 Preliminary Design of Space Flight Vehicles I U 3
  Design of space flight vehicles, systems and components.
516 Preliminary Design of Flight Vehicles II
 Continuation of preliminary design from 515. Students learn to utilize CAD and other computational tools as a part of the design process.
 Wi Qtr. 2 3-hr labs. Not open to students with credit for 516. 
 516.01 Preliminary Design of Atmospheric Flight Vehicles II U 3
  Design of a vehicle for atmospheric flight.
  Prereq: 515.01. 
 516.02 Preliminary Design of Space Flight Vehicles II U 3
  Design of space flight vehicles, systems and components.
  Prereq: 515.02. 
517 Detailed Design of Flight Vehicles
 Detailed design of aerospace vehicle components.
 Sp Qtr. 2 2-hr labs. Not open to students with credit for 517. 
 517.01 Detailed Design of Atmospheric Flight Vehicles U 2
  Detailed design of a vehicle for atmospheric flight.
  Prereq: 516.01. 
 517.02 Detailed Design of Space Flight Vehicles U 2
  Detailed design of space flight vehicles, systems and components.
  Prereq: 516.02. 
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, 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. 
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. 
661 Advanced Aerodynamics U G 3
 Advanced elements of aerodynamics in low- and high-speed flow.
 Au Qtr. 3 cl. Prereq: 560. Not open to students with credit for 561. 
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.