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AEM 1301 -- Ballooning: Design, Build, and Fly, 2 credits

Prerequisites:

Lighter-than-air vehicles have a long history including, though not starting with, the first flights to carry people (under hot-air balloons) in the late 1700s in France. The use of hydrogen, then later helium, as lifting gas allowed balloons to carry payloads to much higher altitudes, including into the stratosphere. Tethered balloons were used for military applications during the American Civil War, WWI, and WWII. By the 1930s self-propelled rigid airships, such as German Zeppelins, and non-rigid airships, often called blimps, regularly carried passengers and cargo across the Atlantic. In this hands-on course we will hone a variety of useful design/build skills, including microcontroller programming, soldering, CAD, and radio control, then design and build miniature airships and use them to perform missions in indoor flying spaces. The main flight event, possibly styled as a competition, will be a required day-long class activity on a weekend date late in the semester (and announced at the start of the semester). The class will also include balloon-related experiments and data analysis, plus historical presentations about ballooning.

AEM 1303 -- Aircraft: Design, Build, and Fly, 2 credits

Prerequisites: Freshman

Now ubiquitous, powered aircraft flight is little more than a century old. In this hands-on seminar, we will explore the fundamentals of flight through the design, flight test, and analysis of small, UAV (uninhabited aerial vehicle) aircraft. Initially, we will cover the history and fundamentals of flight through lectures and discussion, answering questions such as, "how do aircraft fly?" and "why do aircraft look so similar?" Then, working in small teams, students will design, build, and flight test an electric remote-control aircraft. Students will analyze the flight tests to see if the aircraft performed as expected, write reports, and present on the results. Additional elements of the seminar may include lectures, discussions, and activities associated with aircraft, including the engineering challenges of past, current, and future aircraft.

AEM 1305 -- Rocketry: Design, Build, and Fly, 2 credits

Prerequisites: Freshman, able to attend all-day flight activities

Required all-day class flight activities, often on a Saturday mid-semester. High-power rocketry classes will have a second class flight date to which every team will need to send attendees. Specific launch date(s) will be announced at the beginning of the semester. Transportation to rocket launches will be provided.

AEM 2011 -- Statics, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE student, PHYS 1301, concurrent Math 2374 or equiv.

Force and moment vectors, resultants. Principles of statics and free-body diagrams. Applications to simple trusses, frames, and machines. Distributed loads. Internal forces in beams. Properties of areas, second moments. Laws of friction.

Textbook: Required: Vector Mechanics For Engineers: Statics, 12th, Author: Beer

AEM 2012 -- Dynamics, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE student, AEM 2011, concurrent MATH 2373 or equiv.

Kinematics and kinetics of particles; Newton's laws; energy and momentum methods; system of particles; kinematics and kinetics of planar motions of rigid bodies; plane motion of rigid bodies; mechanical vibrations.

Textbook: Required: Vector Mechanics For Engineers: Dynamics, 12th, Author: Beer

AEM 2021 -- Statics and Dynamics, 4 credits

Prerequisites: CSE or pre-BBE student, PHYS 1301, concurrent MATH 2374 or equiv.

Fulfills degree requirements for ME and BAE majors only. Force and moment vectors, resultants. Principles of statics and free-body diagrams. Applications to simple trusses, frames, and machines. Properties of areas, second moments. Internal forces in beams. Laws of friction. Principles of particle dynamics. Mechanical systems and rigid-body dynamics. Kinematics and dynamics of plane systems. Energy and momentum of 2-D bodies and systems.

Textbook: Required: Vector Mechanics For Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 12th, Author: Beer

AEM 2031 -- Mechanics for Materials Engineers, 3 credits

Prerequisites: Math 2374, Math 2373 (concurrent allowed), Phys 1301W, CSE Student, Materials Engineering Major or premajor

This course covers the basics of equilibrium of rigid and deformable bodies for Materials Engineers. The course begins with the principles of statics, including a review of vector operations and analysis of moments and resultant forces from multiple loads, including distributed loads, equilibrium and free body diagrams, center of gravity and moments of inertia. The course then moves on to explore stress and strain, including normal and shear stresses, and stress and strain transformations. Then the materials properties of interest to the mechanical response and testing procedures used to determine these properties are discussed. Lastly, the stresses and strains associated with common loading modes (e.g., axial, torsion, shear and bending) are covered. Modes of failure, including yielding and buckling, are also introduced.

AEM 2301 -- Mechanics of Flight, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE student, concurrent MATH 2373 or equiv., PHYS 1301W.

Standard atmospheric properties, basic aerodynamics, generation of lift/drag. Airfoils and finite wings. Elements of aircraft performance and atmospheric flight mechanics. Introduction to MatLab and simulations for aircraft design.

Textbook: Required: Introduction to Flight, 8th ed., Author: John D. Anderson, 2015, ISBN: 978-0078027673

AEM 3031 -- Deformable Body Mechanics, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE student, [AEM 2011 or AEM 2021 or [BMEN 3011, BMEN major]], [Math 2374 or equiv], [concurrent Math 2373 or equiv]

Uniaxial loading and deformation. Stress and strain at a point, Mohr's circle. Internal forces in beams. Material behavior, linear elasticity. Torsion of circular shafts. Bending of beams of symmetrical section. Column buckling. Statically indeterminate structures.

Textbook: Required: Mechanics of Materials, 9th edition, Gere & Goodno, 2011, Cengage, ISBN: 978-1337093347

AEM 3100 -- Software Applications in AEM, 1 credits

Prerequisites: CSCI 1113 or equiv, AEM Major

Topics covering software applications for problems of interest.

Textbook: Optional: The Elements of Graphing Data, 2nd ed., Author: William S. Cleveland

AEM 3101 -- Mathematical Modeling and Simulation in Aerospace Engineering, 2 credits

Prerequisites: [MATH 2373 or equiv], AEM major

Mathematical modeling of engineering systems/numerical methods for their solution. Use of MATLAB. Focus on systems found in aerospace engineering/mechanics.

Textbook: Required: Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists, 3rd Edition, Authors: Amos Gilat and Vish Subramiam. Publisher: Wiley, ISBN 9781118554937

AEM 3103 -- Mathematical Modeling and Simulation in Aerospace Engineering, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: [MATH 2373 or equiv], AEM major

Mathematical modeling of engineering systems/numerical methods for their solution. Use of MATLAB. Focus on systems found in aerospace engineering/mechanics.

AEM 3391 -- Independent Design Projects, 3 credits

Prerequisites:

Independent design project construction and testing under the guidance of a faculty member. Group projects are allowed. Students are responsible for finding a faculty adviser for their project. Final project report (written or oral).

AEM 4201 -- Fluid Mechanics, 4 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, AEM 2012, MATH 2373 or equiv., MATH 2374 or equiv.

First course in fluid mechanics. Includes stress and strain rate descriptions, fluid statics, use of differential and finite control volume analysis with continuity, momentum, and energy equations, Bernoulli and Euler equations, vorticity, potential flow, incompressible viscous flow using Navier-Stokes equations, dimensional analysis, pipe flow, boundary layers, separation, introduction to turbulence.

Textbook: Required: A Physical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 2nd ed., A.J. Smits

AEM 4202 -- Aerodynamics, 4 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division student or graduate student, AEM 4201.

Inviscid aerodynamics. Subsonic, transonic, and supersonic airfoil theory; wing theory. Introduction to compressible flow; normal and oblique shock waves; Prandtl-Meyer expansions. Linearized compressible flow. Wing-body combinations. Computational aerodynamics methods.

Textbook: Required: Foundations of Aerodynamics, 5th edition, Kuethe/Chow, 1997, Wiley, ISBN: 9780471129196

AEM 4203 -- Aerospace Propulsion, 4 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, AEM 4202.

Basic one-dimensional flows: isentropic, area change, heat addition. Overall performance characteristics of propellers, ramjets, turbojets, turbofans, rockets. Performance analysis of inlets, exhaust nozzles, compressors, burners, and turbines. Rocket flight performance, single-/multi-stage chemical rockets, liquid/solid propellants.

Textbook: Optional: Theory of Aerospace Propulsion, P. M. Sforza, 2012, Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN: 9781856179126

AEM 4247 -- Hypersonic Aerodynamics, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division student, AEM 4202

Importance/properties of hypersonic flow. Hypersonic shock and expansion-wave relations. Local surface inclination methods. Approximate/exact methods for hypersonic inviscid flow fields. Viscous flow: boundary layers, aerodynamic heating, hypersonic viscous interactions, computational methods. Hypersonic propulsion and vehicle design.

AEM 4253 -- Computational Fluid Mechanics, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division student, CS 1113, AEM 4201

Computational Fluid Mechanics

AEM 4290 -- Special Topics in Fluid Mechanics, 1 - 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics vary each semester within the field of Fluid Mechanics

AEM 4293 -- Directed Studies in Fluid Mechanics, 1 - 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 4295 -- Problems in Fluid Mechanics, 1-3 credits

Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 4301 -- Orbital Mechanics, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, MATH 2373 or equiv., AEM 2012 or equiv.

The two-body problem. Earth-satellite operations, rocket performance, reentry dynamics, space environments, interplanetary trajectories. Numerical simulations. Design project.

Textbook: Required: Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students 3rd Edition, Curtis, 2013, Elsevier, ISBN: 9780080977478

AEM 4303W -- Flight Dynamics and Control, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: [2012, 2301, 3101, [WRIT 1301 or equiv], [CSE upper div or grad student]] or #

Forces/moments, trim, linearization, transfer functions, dynamic response characteristics for aircraft. Aircraft stability/control derivatives, static longitudinal/lateral stability. Phugoid, short period, spiral, roll subsidence, dutch roll modes. Handling qualities. Design project.

Textbook: Required: Elementary Flight Dynamics with an Introduction to Bifurcation and Continuation Methods, Nandan K. Sinha, N. Ananthkrishnan

AEM 4305 -- Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: [4301, [3101 or ME 3281 or EE 3015], CSE upper div] or grad student

Kinematics/dynamics for six-degree of freedom rigid body motions. Euler's angles/equations. Torque free motion, spin stabilization, dual-spin spacecraft, nutation damping, gyroscopic attitude control, gravity gradient stabilization. Linear systems analysis, Laplace transforms, transfer functions. Linear control theory. PID controllers. Applications. MATLAB/Simulink simulations. Design project.

Textbook: Required: Spacecraft Dynamics and Control: An Introduction, de Ruiter, Damaren, and Forbes

AEM 4321 -- Automatic Control Systems , 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: [3101 or concurrent 3101 or ME 3281 or EE 3015], [CSE upper div or grad student]

Modeling, characteristics, and performance of feedback control systems. Stability, root locus, frequency response methods. Nyquist/Bode diagrams. Lead-lag, PID compensators. Digital implementation, hardware considerations.

Textbook: Optional: Modern Control Engineering, 5th Edition, Author: K. Ogata, 2009, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 9780136156734

AEM 4331 -- Aerospace Vehicle Design, 4 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: AEM Senior, AEM 2301, AEM 4202 or Instructor Approval.

Multidisciplinary student teams perform conceptual designs of aerospace vehicles, components, missions, or systems that incorporate realistic constraints/applicable engineering standards. Papers on professional ethics/contemporary aerospace issues. Oral preliminary/critical design reviews.

Textbook: Required: Advice to Rocket Scientists, Longuski, AIAA, 156347655X
Option: Aircraft Design 4th, Raymer, AIAA, 1563478293
Space Vehicle Design 2nd, Griffin, AIAA, 1563475391
AIAA Aerospace Design Engineer's Guide 5th, AIAA, 1563475901

AEM 4333 -- Aerospace Design: Special Projects, 3.0 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: AEM 4331 or instructor consent

Student groups design, build, and test aerospace projects. Projects include designs from AEM4331 or projects such as microgravity experiments. Students create and maintain an electronic project data repository, prepare weekly status reports, build and test their design, and prepare a final report.

AEM 4490 -- Special Topics in Aerospace Systems, 1 - 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites:

Topics vary each semester within the field of Aerospace Systems

AEM 4493 -- Directed Studies in Aerospace Systems, 1 - 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 4495 -- Aerospace Systems Problems, 1-3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or grad., Departmental Approval.

Topics of interest or individual projects.

AEM 4501 -- Aerospace Structures, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, AEM 3031 or equiv.

Advanced strength of materials analysis of elastic structures with aerospace applications. Failure modes and criteria, buckling, matrix methods for analysis, plane truss design. Energy and Castigliano methods for statically determinate and indeterminate structures. Torsion and bending of asymmetrical thin-walled sections. Design project.

Textbook: Required: Intermediate Mechanics of Materials, 2nd ed, J.R. Barber;

Optional: Mechanics of Materials, 9th ed., Gere and Goodno

AEM 4502 -- Computational Structural Analysis, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, C or better in AEM 4501 or Instructor Approval.

Application of finite element methods to problems in structural analysis. Emphasis on properly posing problems and interpreting calculation results. Use of commercial FEA packages. Introduction to the theory of finite elements.

Textbook: Required: First Course in the Finite Element Method, 6th, Logan, 2016, Cengage Learning Engineering, ISBN: 978-1305635111 Required: ANSYS Tutorial, Release 14, Lawrence, 2012, SDC, ISBN: 978-1-58503-761-2

AEM 4511 -- Mechanics of Composite Materials, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, AEM 3031 (or AEM 2031 for MatSci majors).

Analysis, design and applications of laminated and chopped fiber reinforced composites. Micro- and macro-mechanical analysis of elastic constants, failure and environmental degradation. Design project.

Textbook: Required: Analysis & Performance of Fiber Composites, 3rd edition, Agarwal, 2006, Wiley, ISBN: 9780471268918

AEM 4581 -- Mechanics of Solids, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division, MATH 2373 or equiv., MATH 2374 or equiv., AEM 3031

Continuum mechanics in one dimension: kinematics; mass, momentum/energy, constitutive theory. Wave propagation, heat conduction. Strings. Euler-Bernoulli theory. 3-D deformations/stress. Topics from fracture mechanics, structural stability, vibrations, thin films, layered media, smart materials, phase transformations, 3-D elastic wave propagation. Elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity.

AEM 4590 -- Special Topics in Solid Mechanics and Materials, 1 - 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics vary each semester within the field of Solid Mechanics and Materials

AEM 4593 -- Directed Studies: Solid Mechanics, 1 - 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 4595 -- Problems in Mechanics and Materials, 1-3 credits

Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 4601 -- Instrumentation Laboratory, 3 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, EE 3005, EE 3006, CS 1113.

Introduction to laboratory instrumentation. Computerized data acquisition. Statistical analysis of data. Time series data and spectral analysis. Transducers for measurement of solid, fluid and dynamical quantities. Design of experiments.

Textbook: Required: Introduction to Engineering Experimentation, 3rd edition, Wheeler, 2009, Prentice Hall, 9780131742765

AEM 4602W -- Aeromechanics Laboratory, 4 credits (Required Course)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, AEM 4201, AEM 4501, AEM 4601, WRIT 1301 or equiv.

Experimental methods/design in fluid/solid mechanics. Wind tunnel/water channel experiments with flow visualization, pressure, velocity, force measurements. Measurement of stresses/strains/displacements in solids/ structures: stress concentrations, materials behavior, structural dynamics. Computerized data acquisition/analysis, error analysis, data reduction. Experiment design. Written/oral reports. Lab ethics. Writing intensive.

Textbook: Required: Introduction to Engineering Experimentation, 3rd edition, Wheeler, 2009, Prentice Hall, 9780131742765

AEM 4796 -- Professional Experience, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE Upper Division, AEM major, written proposal, Departmental Approval.

Work experience with substantive engineering component. Written report.

AEM 4894 -- Directed Studies: Senior Honors Thesis, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: Honors student, permission of University Honors Program, AEM major

Writing thesis under direction of AEM faculty member.

AEM 4894H -- Senior Honors Thesis, 3 credits

Prerequisites: Honors student, permission of University Honors Program, AEM major

Writing thesis under direction of AEM faculty member.

AEM 4896 -- International Professional Experience, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE Upper Division, AEM major, written proposal, Departmental Approval.

International work experience with substantive engineering component. Written report.

AEM 5247 -- Hypersonic Aerodynamics, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE graduate student, AEM 4202 or equiv

Importance/properties of hypersonic flow. Hypersonic shock and expansion-wave relations. Local surface inclination methods. Approximate/exact methods for hypersonic inviscid flow fields. Viscous flow: boundary layers, aerodynamic heating, hypersonic viscous interactions, computational methods. Hypersonic propulsion and vehicle design.

AEM 5253 -- Computational Fluid Mechanics, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE graduate student, CS 1113 or equiv, AEM 4201 or requiv

Introductory concepts in finite difference and finite volume methods as applied to various ordinary/partial differential model equations in fluid mechanics. Fundamentals of spatial discretization and numerical integration. Numerical linear algebra. Introduction to engineering and scientific computing environment. Advanced topics may include finite element methods, spectral methods, grid generation, turbulence modeling.

AEM 5321 -- Modern Feedback Control, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 4321 or EE 4231 or ME 5281 or equiv

State space theory for multiple-input-multiple-output aerospace systems. Singular value decomposition technique, applications to performance/robustness. Linear quadratic gaussian and eigenstructure assignment design methods. Topics in H∞. Applications.

Textbook: Required: Modern Control Theory, Brogan

AEM 5333 -- Design-to-Flight: Small Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: [[4202, &4303W, 4601] or equiv]

Designing, assembling, modeling, simulating, testing and flying of uninhabited aerial vehicles. Rapid prototyping software tools for vehicle modeling. Guidance, navigation, flight control, real-time implementations, hardware-in-the-loop simulations, flight tests.

AEM 5401 -- Intermediate Dynamics, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE upper division or graduate student, MATH 2243, AEM 2012.

Three-dimensional Newtonian mechanics, kinematics of rigid bodies, dynamics of rigid bodies, generalized coordinates, holonomic constraints, Lagrange equations, and applications.

Textbook: Required: Advanced Dynamics, Author: Greenwood, Donald T.

AEM 5431 -- Trajectory Optimization, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE Upper Division or graduate student, AEM 4321

Parameter optimization problems. Topics in calculus of variations; necessary conditions of nonlinear optimal control problems; classification of trajectory optimization algorithms; steady-state aircraft flight; minimum-time climb aircraft trajectory; aero-assisted orbital transfer trajectories; optimal space trajectories.

Textbook: Optional: Optimal Control Theory with Aerospace Applications, Ben-Asher, AIAA Education Series, ISBN: 978-1-60086-732-3

AEM 5451 -- Optimal Estimation, 3 credits

Prerequisites: [Math 2243, Stat 3021] or equiv, 4321

Basic probability theory. Batch/recursive least squares estimation. Filtering of linear and non-linear systems using Kalman and Extended Kalman Filters. Applications to sensor fusion, fault detection, and system identification.

Textbook: Required: Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H Infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches, Simon, Wiley, ISBN: 9780471708582

AEM 5501 -- Continuum Mechanics, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE graduate or upper division student, MATH 2243 or equiv., AEM 3031 or equiv.

Concepts that are common to all continuous media. Elements of tensor analysis. Motion, deformation, and vorticity. Material derivatives. Mass and the continuity equation. Balance of linear and angular momentum. Stress and its geometric characterization. Need for constitutive equations.

Textbook: Required: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics: From Fundamental Concepts to Governing Equations, Author: Tadmor, Miller, and Elliott; Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9781107008267

AEM 5503 -- Theory of Elasticity, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: MATH 2263 or equiv., AEM 4501 or equiv., or Instructor Approval.

Introduction to the theory of elasticity, with emphasis on linear elasticity. Linear and nonlinear strain measures, the boundary value problem for linear elasticity, plane problems in linear elasticity, and three dimensional problems in linear elasticity. Other topics will be selected from nonlinear elasticity, micromechanics, contact problems and fracture mechanics.

Textbook: Required: An Introduction To The Theory Of Elasticity, Author: Atkin and Fox, ISBN: 9780486442419

Optional: Elasticity: Theory, Applications, and Numerics 2nd Edition, Author: Sadd, ISBN: 9780123744463

AEM 5581 -- Mechanics of Solids, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: CSE graduate student, MATH 2373 or equiv., MATH 2374 or equiv., AEM 3031

Continuum mechanics in one dimension: kinematics; mass, momentum/energy, constitutive theory. Wave propagation, heat conduction. Strings. Euler-Bernoulli theory. 3-D deformations/stress. Topics from fracture mechanics, structural stability, vibrations, thin films, layered media, smart materials, phase transformations, 3-D elastic wave propagation. Elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity.

AEM 5651 -- Aeroelasticity, 3 credits (Technical Elective)

Prerequisites: AEM 4202, AEM 4301, [grad student or CSE upper div]

Static aeroelastic phenomena, torsional divergence of a lifting surface, control surface reversal. Aeroelastic flutter, unsteady aerodynamics. Problems of gust response, buffeting. Design project.

AEM 8000 -- Seminar: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, 1-4 credits

Prerequisites: DGS consent;

AEM 8201 -- Fluid Mechanics I, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 4201 or equiv., MATH 2263 or equiv.

Mathematical and physical principles governing the motion of fluids; kinematic, dynamic, and thermodynamic properties of fluids. Stress and deformation. Equations of motion. Analysis of rotational and irrotational inviscid incompressible flow. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional potential flow.

Textbook: Required: Fluid Mechanics, 6th ed, Author: Kundu, Cohen, Dowling, Academic Press, ISBN: 9780124059351

AEM 8202 -- Fluid Mechanics II, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8201.

Analysis of incompressible viscous flow. Creeping flows. Boundary layer flow.

Textbook: Required: Fluid Mechanics, 6th edition, Authors: Kundu, Cohen & Dowling, Publisher: Elsevier Publishers

AEM 8203 -- Fluid Mechanics III, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8202.

Analysis of compressible flow and shock waves. Method of characteristics for one-dimensional unsteady flow and for two-dimensional steady flow.

AEM 8207 -- Hydrodynamic Stability, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE grad student, AEM 8201 or equivalent or Instructor Approval.

Hydrodynamic stability, normal nodes, energy methods, bifurcation theory, Rayleigh-Taylor instability, Kelvin Helmholtz instability, shear flow instability, capilary instability, absolute and convective instability and transition to turbulence.

AEM 8211 -- Theory of Turbulence I, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8202.

Reynolds equations, methods of averaging, elements of stability theory and vortex dynamics. Description of large vortical structures in mixing layers and boundary layers. Horseshoe vortices. Flow visualization.

Textbook: Required: Turbulent Flows, Author: Pope, Stephen

AEM 8212 -- Theory of Turbulence II, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8211.

Prandtl's mixing length theory applied to classical boundary layer, pipe ,jet and wake flows. Prediction methods used at Stanford Conference. Law of wall; law of wake. K-epsilon method.

AEM 8213 -- Turbulent Shear Flows, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8202.

Equations of motion for turbulent flow. Isotropic/homogeneous turbulence. Free shear flows. Wall turbulence, elements of vortex dynamics.

AEM 8221 -- Rheological Fluid Mechanics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8201 or AEM 5501 or Instructor Approval.

Methods of solution for flows of simple fluids with general constitutive equations. Topics from viscometric flow, extensional flow, perturbations of the rest state with steady and unsteady flow, secondary flow.

AEM 8231 -- Molecular Gas Dynamics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 4201 or equiv., AEM 4203 or equiv., ME 3324 or equiv.

Molecular and chemical effects in gas flows. Use of collision theory to determine mean free path, velocity distributions. Statistical mechanics. Partition function. Maxwellian and Bolzmann distributions. Nonequilibrium flows. Applications in rarefied and hypersonic flows.

AEM 8232 -- Physical Gas Dynamics and Molecular Simulation, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8231

Molecular description of gas dynamics. Kinetic theory, transport theory, quantum mechanics for internal energy partitions, statistical thermodynamics. Finite rate chemical kinetics. Emphasis on link to continuum fluid dynamics. Overview of numerical simulation techniques for the Boltzmann equation with emphasis on direct simulation Monte Carlo.

AEM 8233 -- Multi-phase Flows: Fundamentals, Measurement, and Modeling, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8201

Introduction to fluid flows with multiple interacting phases, with emphasis on cases in which a dispersed phase is carried by a continuous one. Droplet dynamics, bubbly flows and bubble-induced fluctuations, particle-turbulence interaction. Fundamentals of measurement techniques and modeling approaches. Elements of rheology for complex and active fluids.

AEM 8241 -- Perturbation Methods in Fluid Mechanics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 8202 or Instructor Approval.

Method of matched asymptotic expansions presented through simple examples and applied to viscous flows at high and low Reynolds numbers and other problems in fluid mechanics and applied mathematics.

AEM 8251 -- Finite-Volume Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CS 1107 or equiv., AEM 4201 or AEM 8201 or equiv.

Development of finite-volume computational methods for the solution of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Accuracy, consistency, and stability of numerical methods. High-resolution upwind shock-capturing schemes. Treatment of boundary conditions. Explicit and implicit formulations. Considerations for high performance computers. Recent developments and advanced topics.

AEM 8253 -- Computational Methods in Fluid Mechanics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 4201 or equivalent

Analysis and implementation of numerical methods used to compute fluid flows.

AEM 8261 -- Nonlinear Waves in Mechanics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5501 or Instructor Approval.

Theory of kinematic, hyperbolic, and dispersive waves, with application to traffic flow, gas dynamics, and water waves.

AEM 8271 -- Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 4201, Instructor Approval

Overview of computer organization, including external communications and A/D, D/A conversion. Measurement techniques, such as pressure measurements, hot-wire and laser Doppler anemometry. Signal processing and uncertainty, computer control of experiments.

AEM 8290 -- Topics in Fluid Mechanics, 1 - 4 credits

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics vary each semester within the field of Fluid Mechanics

AEM 8293 -- Directed Studies in Fluid Mechanics, 1 - 3 credits

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 8295 -- Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics, 1-4 credits

Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

Topics of current interest. Individual student projects completed under guidance of a faculty sponsor.

AEM 8333 -- FTE: Master's , 1 credits

Prerequisites: Master's student, adviser and DGS consent

(no grade)

AEM 8400 -- Research Seminar in Dynamics and Controls, 1-3 credits

Prerequisites: Instructor Approval.

Seminars given by students, faculty and visitors on topics drawn from current research.

AEM 8411 -- Advanced Dynamics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5401 or equiv. or Instructor Approval.

Lagrange's equations; calculus of variations and Lagrange multipliers, kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies, Hamilton's principle; applications to discrete and continuous systems.

AEM 8415 -- Formal Methods for Dynamical Systems, 3 credits

Prerequisites:

Modern complex systems consist of physical elements and software which closely interact with each other. In the absence of software, a closed loop system can be rigorously designed via control theory. In the absence of dynamical models, complex specifications of software or hardware can be verified via formal methods. Over the last two decades, there has been a great interest in using formal methods to verify complex control systems. An essential thing in formal methods is specifying the desired complex requirement in a rigorous and compositional way. To this end, a suitable temporal logic is used to describe such specifications (which are more than classical stability or controllability). In this course, we will learn various temporal logics with different expressiveness, representations of these temporal logics, abstractions of dynamical systems, and algorithms that will synthesize controllers ensuring the satisfaction of the desired temporal logic specification.

AEM 8421 -- Robust Multivariable Control Design, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5321 or equiv.

Application to of robust control theory to aerospace systems. Role of model uncertainty/modeling errors in design process. Control analysis and synthesis, including H2 and H∞ optimal control design and structural singular value (μ) techniques.

Textbook: Required: Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition, Author: Sigurd Skogestad and Ian Postlethwaite, Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, ISBN: 9780470011683

AEM 8423 -- Convex Optimization Methods in Control, 3 credits

Prerequisites: 5321 or EE 5231 or equiv

Practical aspects of convex optimization methods applied to numerically solve design and analysis problems in control theory.

AEM 8426 -- Optimization and System Sciences, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE grad student, AEM 5321

Applications of modern finite dimensional optimization techniques in system and control theory, linear and nonlinear programming, duality, complexity theory, interior point methods, matrix inequalities, convex optimization overcones, bilinear matrix inequalities, and rank constrained problems.

AEM 8442 -- Navigation and Guidance Systems, 3.0 credits

Prerequisites: Exposure to [linear algebra, differential equations, probability, statistics]

Fundamental principles of navigation. Algorithms, performance analysis of navigational systems. Radio-navigation systems (DME,VOR,ILS). Satellite navigation ysstems (GPS,GLDNASS). Inertial navigation systems mechanization, error analysis.

AEM 8444 -- FTE: Doctoral, 1 credits

Prerequisites: Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent

(no grade)

AEM 8451 -- System Identification: Theory and Applications, 3 credits

Prerequisites: 4321 or equiv

Modeling methods for dynamic systems using measurement data, or in combination with first principles, based on the theory of systems and signals. Primary emphasis on linear systems for control system design and simulation applications. Examples from aerospace applications as well as human pilot response modeling and robotics.

AEM 8453 -- Model Reduction and Approximation of Dynamical Systems, 3 credits

Prerequisites:

In this course, we will study analytical and data-driven methods for model reduction and approximation of dynamical systems. The focus will be on learning the relevant mathematics and tools for obtaining ?lean? low-dimensional representations of dynamical systems, which can be used to facilitate analysis and design. Roughly half of the course will be devoted to the problem of model reduction: i.e., given a mathematical description of a system, reduce the number of degrees of freedom required to faithfully represent that system. The other half of the course will be devoted to data-driven approximation of dynamical systems: i.e., given empirical data generated by a dynamical system, determine a mathematical representation for the underlying system dynamics. Although these two general problems are distinct, they are closely related and will be studied in parallel throughout the term.

AEM 8490 -- Topics in Aerospace Systems, 1 - 4 credits

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics vary each semester within the field of Aerospace Systems

AEM 8493 -- Directed Studies in Aerospace Systems, 1 - 3 credits

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 8495 -- Selected Topics in Dynamical Systems and Controls, 1-4 credits

Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

Topics of current interest. Individual student projects completed under guidance of a faculty sponsor.

AEM 8500 -- Research Seminar in Mechanics of Materials, 1-3 credits

Prerequisites: Instructor Approval.

Seminars given by students, faculty and visitors on topics drawn from current research.

AEM 8511 -- Advanced Topics in Continuum Mechanics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5501 or Instructor Approval.

Constitutive equations; invariance and thermodynamic restrictions. Nonlinear elasticity theory; exact solutions, minimization, stability. Non-Newtonian fluids; viscometric flows, viscometric functions, normal stress. Other topics may include reactive and/or nonreactive mixtures, nonlinear plasticity and deformable electromagnetic continua.

Textbook: Required: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics: From Fundamental Concepts to Governing Equations, Author: Tadmor, Miller, and Elliott; Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9781107008267

AEM 8521 -- Advanced Topics in Elasticity, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5503.

Contact stresses; finite deformations; other special topics.

AEM 8523 -- Elastodynamics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 4581 or AEM 5501 or Instructor Approval.

Waves and vibrations in rods, beams, and plates. Dispersion. Volume and surface waves; reflection. Energy theorems. Vibrations of bounded media and relation to technical theories. Elements of nonlinear waves, inelastic waves, stability of motion of elastic systems.

AEM 8525 -- Elastic Stability of Materials, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE grad student, familiarity with theory of linear algebra

Stability/bifurcation problems. Poincare stability, Lyapunov stability, asymptotic stability. Lyapunov's general methods. Minimum potential energy criterion for elastic conservative systems. Numerical methods for continuation/branch switching. Material phase transformation, crystalline material stability, soft-phonon theory of phase transitions. Material instability problems in finite-strain elasticity. Stability of discrete/continuous structures.

Textbook: Required: Methods of Analytical Dynamics Author: Meirovitch, Leonard ISBN: 0486432394 Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated

AEM 8527 -- Pattern Formation and Bifurcation in Materials, 3 credits

Prerequisites: CSE grad student or instructor consent, familiarity with linear algebra.

This course provides an in-depth discussion of bifurcation and stability problems and pattern formation in physics, chemistry, and mechanics (Fluids, Solids, Materials Science) with an emphasis on the application of symmetry theory to such problems. This theory applies to essentially all nonlinear equilibrium problems in science and engineering, but this class has a particular focus on structural mechanics and materials applications, including buckling of: beams, honeycombs, lattice structures, and phase transforming crystals.

AEM 8531 -- Fracture Mechanics, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5503 or Instructor Approval.

Theories of mechanical breakdown. Kinetic rate theories and instability considerations. Formation of equilibrium cracks and circular crack propagation under pulses. Statistical aspects of strength and fracture of micromolecular systems. Time and temperature dependency in fracture problems and instability of compressed material systems.

AEM 8533 -- Theory of Plasticity, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5503 or Instructor Approval.

Theory of permanent deformation of ductile metals. Bi-linear material models, Drucker's three bar truss and other examples. 3-D continuum formulation, yield surfaces, hardening rules and material stability. Slip line theory, Prandtl punch solution. Single crystal plasticity.

AEM 8541 -- Mechanics of Crystalline Solids, 3 credits

Prerequisites: AEM 5501 or Instructor Approval.

Atomic theory of crystals and origins of stress in crystals. Relation between atomic and continuum description; phase transformations and analysis of microstructure; effects of shear stress, pressure, temperature, electromagnetic fields, and composition on transformation temperatures and microstructure; interfacial energy in solids.

AEM 8551 -- Multiscale Methods for Bridging Length and Time Scales, 3 credits

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of [continuum mechanics, atomic forces], familiarity with partial differential equations, grad student in [engineering or mathematics or physics]

Classical/emerging techniques for bridging length/time scales. Nonlinear thermoelasticity, viscous fluids, and micromagnetics from macro/atomic viewpoints. Statistical mechanics, kinetic theory of gases, weak convergence methods, quasicontinuum, effective Hamiltonians, MD, new methods for bridging time scales.

Textbook: Required: Modeling Materials: Continuum, Atomistic and Multiscale Techniques. Ellad B. Tadmor and Ronald E. Miller. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521856980

AEM 8590 -- Topics in Mechanics and Materials, 1 - 4 credits

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics vary each semester within the field of Solid Mechanics and Materials

AEM 8593 -- Directed Studies in Solid Mechanics and Materials, 1 - 3 credits

Prerequisites: dept consent

Topics of current interest. Individual projects with consent of faculty sponsor.

AEM 8595 -- Selected Topics in Mechanics and Materials, 1-4 credits

Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

Topics of current interest. Individual student projects completed under guidance of a faculty sponsor.

AEM 8666 -- Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits, 1-12 credits

Prerequisites: Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral.

AEM 8777 -- Thesis Credits: Master's, 1-10 credits

Prerequisites: Plan A only.

AEM 8880 -- Plan B Project, 1-3 credits

Prerequisites: grad major in aerospace engineering or mechanics, Departmental Approval.

Satisfies project requirement for Plan B Master's degree. May appear on M.S. program but does not count toward 20-credit minimum in the major field. Topic arranged by student and advisor; written report required.

AEM 8888 -- Thesis Credit: Doctoral , 1-24 credits

Prerequisites: Doctoral Student

(Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade)