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Aeronautical Engineering

AESF 5050
Fracture Behavior of Polymers
[3-0-0:3]
Co-list with
MESF 5050
Exclusion(s)
MESF 5050
Background
MECH 3420
Description
Introduction to both fundamental and practical knowledge on the microstructure, physical and mechanical behaviors, particularly the fracture behavior and toughening mechanisms, of polymers and composites. Discussions and critiques on related research activities in the literature. Case studies to help students prepare for the industry.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Explain the microstructure-property relationships of polymers and select proper polymeric materials for specific engineering applications.
- 2.
  Characterize polymer fracture and evaluate fracture toughness of polymers using rigorous fracture mechanics methods under various conditions.
- 3.
  Explain the fundamental fractography of polymers and carry out basic failure analysis using microscopes and thermal analysis equipment.
AESF 5210
Fluid Dynamics
[3-0-0:3]
Co-list with
MESF 5210
Exclusion(s)
MECH 5210, MESF 5210
Background
MECH 2210
Description
Basic concepts of fluid flows, derivation of governing equations, viscous flow, potential flow, boundary layer, flow instability, transition to turbulence, turbulent boundary layer.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Apply fluid mechanics knowledge to certain practical problems.
- 2.
  Explain some fluid mechanics related phenomena in daily life.
- 3.
  Analyze practical fluid mechanics problems.
AESF 5310
Advanced Aerodynamics
[3-0-0:3]
Description
Circulation, Kutta-Joukowski theorem, thin airfoil theory, lifting line theory, wingtip vortices, induced drag, elliptical wings, boundary layers, normal and oblique shocks, bow shocks, Prandtl-Meyer expansion fans, linearized potential flow theory, Prandtl-Glauert transformation, wave drag, transonic flow, swept wings, critical Mach number, supercritical airfoils.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Apply the basic tools of incompressible inviscid aerodynamic analysis to estimate lift and drag for an airfoil.
- 2.
  Explain and quantify the effects of viscosity on airfoil performance.
- 3.
  Explain the differences in aerodynamic performance between an infinite-span (2D) airfoil and a finite-span (3D) wing.
- 4.
  Account for the effects of compressibility in aerodynamics situations.
AESF 5320
Advanced Aircraft Structures
[3-0-0:3]
Description
Aircraft structural design, wing structural details, elasticity, maneuver and gust loading, fatigue analysis, vibration theory, static and dynamic aeroelasticity, energy and matrix methods.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Apply the fundamental equations of elasticity to aircraft loading situations.
- 2.
  Use various deformation theories and fatigue analyses to obtain analytical solutions for situations in aircraft structural deformation.
- 3.
  Specify the materials used in aircraft structures and identify their failure modes.
- 4.
  Apply the basic principles of stressed-skin aircraft construction.
AESF 5330
Advanced Aircraft Design
[3-0-0:3]
Description
Flight mission requirements, aircraft size and layout, airfoil/wing geometry, aerodynamics, engine selection, airframe−engine integration, fuselage design, electrical and hydraulic systems, landing gear arrangement, flight stability and control, structures and materials, avionics and navigation systems, human factors, safety, manufacturing processes, and cost analysis.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Apply the formal design and development process for aeronautical vehicles.
- 2.
  Optimize aircraft/engine design and airframe-engine integration.
- 3.
  Create feasible designs integrating a variety of aircraft systems and sub-systems.
- 4.
  Test and verify the feasibility of aircraft designs.
AESF 5350
Aircraft Propulsion
[3-0-0:3]
Description
Propulsion cycle analysis, with emphasis on gas turbines, basic component performance and function, engine installation effects, aero-thermodynamics of steady isentropic compressible flow, shock waves, diffusers and nozzles, centrifugal compressors, axial flow compressors, combustion chambers, thermoacoustics, fuels and control, turbines, thrust augmentation.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Make design choices between aircraft propulsion systems based on perfonnance considerations.
- 2.
  Calculate energy release, e.g. adiabatic flame temperatures, and equilibrium composition of gases at known temperatures and pressures.
- 3.
  Analyze the thermodynamic performance of engine cycles and compute relevant performance parameters.
- 4.
  Size jet engines using preliminary design calculations.
AESF 5370
Composites and Nanocomposites
[3-0-0:3]
Co-list with
MESF 5370
Exclusion(s)
MESF 5370
Description
This course is designed to provide fundamental understanding of fiber-reinforced composites (FRPs) and emerging nanocomposites technologies. The topics include constituent materials, microstructure-property relationships, fabrication and processing techniques, fundamental mechanics of stress transfer, lamination theory and failure mechanisms and fracture of FRPs in the first part. The topics in the second part include synthesis of nanoscale reinforcements, fabrication and processing techniques of nanocomposites; dispersion and functionalization of nanoreinforcements; interfacial adhesion; mechanical and functional properties of nanocomposites, and their design and applications.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Distinguish different fabrication and processing methods for FRPs and nanocomposites.
- 2.
  Explain the mechanical and functional properties of these composites based on the microstructures/properties of the fillers and the matrix material, as well as the way how these constituents are combined to produce composites.
- 3.
  Identify potential applications of FRPs and nanocomposites utilizing these properties.
- 4.
  Identify the mechanics of stress transfer through the filler/matrix interface and interphase, lamination theory and failure mechanisms behind the fracture of FRPs and nanocomposites.
AESF 5380
Computational Fluid Dynamics
[3-0-0:3]
Description
Fundamental knowledge of computational fluid dynamics, specific applications of CFD to industrial and environmental flows, learn how to write a complex two-dimensional solver and some engineering applications.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Apply the basic theory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, including discretisation, accuracy and stability.
- 2.
  Assess the impact of fluid mechanics problems commonly encountered in industrial and environmental settings.
- 3.
  Construct and apply computational models, determine critical control parameters and relate them to desired outcomes.
- 4.
  Use a state of the art commercial computational fluid dynamics package for numerical simulations of fluid mechanics problems.
AESF 5410
Advanced Mechanical Behavior of Materials
[3-0-0:3]
Co-list with
MESF 5410
Exclusion(s)
MECH 5410, MESF 5410
Background
MECH 3420
Description
Relationships between microstructure and mechanical behavior in crystalline materials; temperature-dependent deformation in elasticity, viscosity and creep; embrittlement, fatigue and fracture of engineering materials; strengthening mechanisms in crystalline materials.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Analyze and explain the deformation behaviour of various crystalline and noncrystalline materials from a mechanistic point of view at the atomic to microstructure scale.
- 2.
  Analyze and explain the effect of various microstructure features on the strength of materials.
- 3.
  Analyze and explain the effects of various manufacturing and processing techniques on the mechanical behavior of the materials.
- 4.
  Predict the possible scenarios of material failure given the manufacturing, loading and environmental conditions.
AESF 5610
Air Transport System Overview
[3-0-0:3]
Description
The Air Transport System is made of several sub systems which are strongly regulated and very competitive. This course will enable student to understand how each system is organized, what its contribution is and how each system contributes to the global performance. This course aims at identifying all major actors of the Air Transport System.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Put forward the main objectives of the regulatory bodies at international, regional and state level.
- 2.
  Describe how the aviation industry is organized: aircraft manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, lessors and maintenance organisations.
- 3.
  Explain how operators are organised and which services they can provide: air navigation service providers, airlines and airports.
- 4.
  Identify the different steps in the value chain of the aircraft.
AESF 5620
Airplane Design, Development and Operations
[3-0-0:3]
Description
The intent of this module is first to present the context in which the aircraft (and more precisely transport airplane) will have to operate; second, to introduce the development process of an aircraft and its specific features; and third to make a preliminary sizing of an airplane with respect to a given mission specification.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Describe the general context in which the aircraft (and more precisely transport airplane) will have to operate, list and explain the specific features of the civil aviation world.
- 2.
  Describe the development process of an aircraft and its specific features (from the early stage of the design to the entry into service and aircraft retirement).
- 3.
  Describe how an airplane mission is calculated and apply it to simple study case.
- 4.
  Describe in more details the preliminary design phase and apply it to a simple study case.
AESF 5630
Avionics Technology
[3-0-0:3]
Description
Avionics are today at the very heart of the aircraft, controlling and monitoring a safe and efficient mission. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to present an accurate overview of what is an avionics platform, its systems, functions and operations. The course covers system fundamentals, current instruments and future development.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Identify how to derive the performance of various avionics systems.
- 2.
  Assess the requirements for individual avionics subsystems and provide guidance for future development.
- 3.
  Define the architecture of modern avionics and demonstrate conceptual understanding of its integration design.
AESF 5640
Air Traffic Management Overview
[3-0-0:3]
Description
All during its flight, the aircraft is in communication with the Air Traffic Services who is at the heart of the air transportation system. This course will provide students with clear understanding on how the ATM system works at organizational and practical level.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Recall the general principles of the A1M - Air Traffic Management domain.
- 2.
  Explain during an aircraft flight who are the stakeholders involved and their responsibilities, the ATS units and their tools.
- 3.
  Describe the actual and future projects in terms of flight efficiency and capacity management.
AESF 5880
Materials Processing and Properties Engineering
[3-0-0:3]
Background
UG courses in material science and engineering
Description
The course covers the fundamental principles involved in the processing of engineering materials, specifically metals, ceramics and polymers, from starting or raw materials through to the final functional forms. The course uses a unified approach that is based on the state of matter most central to the shaping of the material: melt, solid, powder, dispersion and solution, and vapor. With this approach, students learn processing fundamentals and appreciate the similarities and differences between the materials classes, and the resulting properties arising from selected process engineering.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Define the fundamental science underlying processing and manufacturing methods.
- 2.
  Explain the engineering factors controlling properties.
- 3.
  Identify the connections between processing and properties.
- 4.
  Identify the connections between processing and structure.
- 5.
  Effect engineering changes on the processing to obtain desired structure and properties.
AESF 5890
Statistics in Airworthiness, Maintenance and Reliability
[3-0-0:3]
Description
Airworthiness of an aircraft is the possession of the necessary requirements for flying in safe conditions within allowable limits. Beyond the initial worthiness, continuing airworthiness of the aircraft supported by maintenance practices keeps the aircraft flying safely. Maintenance statistics of the aircraft is an important tool in assessing the risk and the reliability of the aircraft. The scientific basis, methodologies and application of statistics in airworthiness assessment are covered in the course.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Identify the objectives and mandatory requirements of airworthiness.
- 2.
  Identify the principles of engineering reliability and its relation to airworthiness of aircrafts.
- 3.
  Use statistics in analyzing the maintenance of the aircrafts.
- 4.
  Apply the knowledge of probability in maintenance of the aircrafts.
- 5.
  Identify the risks in relations to airworthiness from the maintenance statistics of the aircrafts.
AESF 5930
Finite Element Methods
[3-0-0:3]
Co-list with
MESF 5930
Exclusion(s)
CIVL 5390, MECH 5930, MESF 5930
Background
MECH 3020
Description
Finite element formulation; variational principles for structural and continuum mechanics; numerical interpolation and integration; plane stress and plane strain analysis; plate bending and three dimensional solids; solution of large systems of algebraic equations.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Derive finite element formulations for structural mechanical problems and heat conduction.
- 2.
  Implement finite element methods for simple 1-D problems such as truss analysis and 1-D heat conduction either by hand calculation or by programming.
- 3.
  Numerically evaluate stresses, strains and deformation of a structural component due to axial load, torsion, and bending, acting individually or in combination.
- 4.
  Numerically calculate temperature profile and heat flux in 1-D and 2-D heat conduction problems.
- 5.
  Numerically evaluate stresses, strains and deformation of a structure under either plane-stress or plane-strain conditions.
- 6.
  Derive finite element formulations for time-dependent and/or non-linear problems.
- 7.
  Perform structural analysis and heat transfer modeling using commercial software package, and conduct engineering design in a team work environment.
AESF 6910
Special Topics
[1-3 credit(s)]
Description
Selected topics in aeronautical engineering of current interest in emerging areas and not covered by existing courses. May be repeated for credit if different topics are covered.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Identify the updated development in the emerging area and apply the knowledge accordingly.
AESF 6950
Aeronautical Independent Project
[3 or 6 credits]
Description
An independent research project on Aeronautical Engineering carried out under the supervision of a faculty member.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.
  Address the existing problems in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering through literature search and technical communication.
- 2.
  Apply acquired knowledge to analyze and investigate existing problems on Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering.
- 3.
  Design solutions to improve the existing techniques and conduct experiments/numerical simulations in the Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering area.

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