Prerequisites: IT 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.

Prerequisites: IT 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.

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

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.

Prerequisites: IT student, AEM 2011 or AEM 2021, 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.

Prerequisites: IT 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.

Prerequisites: IT 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.

Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

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

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Prerequisites: [2301, [IT upper div or grad student]] or #

Forces/moments, trim, linearization, transfer functions, dynamic response characteristics for aircraft/spacecraft. Aircraft stability/control derivatives, static longitudinal/lateral stability. Phugoid, short period, spiral, roll subsidence, dutch roll modes. Handling qualities. Satellite attitude control. Use of MatLab for dynamic analysis. Design project. Written reports.

Prerequisites: AEM 4331 or instructor consent

Students work in project groups to design, build and test major aerospace projects. Projects can include designs from AEM 4331/4332 or other projects such as microgravity experiments, etc. Completion and testing of project is required for credit. Students are required to keep design log/notebook, prepare status reports, and give a final oral presentation.

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Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

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

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Prerequisites: IT 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.

Prerequisites: IT upper division or graduate student, AEM 3031.

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.

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Prerequisites: Departmental Approval.

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

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Prerequisites: IT 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.

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

Work experience with substantive engineering component. Written report.

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Prerequisites: IT Upper division or graduate 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.

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Prerequisites: IT 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.

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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.

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