Postgraduate Courses

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Explain the microstructure-property relationships of polymers and select proper polymeric materials for specific engineering applications.
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  Characterize polymer fracture and evaluate fracture toughness of polymers using rigorous fracture mechanics methods under various conditions.
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  Explain the fundamental fractography of polymers and carry out basic failure analysis using microscopes and thermal analysis equipment.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Apply fluid mechanics knowledge to certain practical problems.
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  Explain some fluid mechanics related phenomena in daily life.
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  Analyze practical fluid mechanics problems.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Apply the basic tools of incompressible inviscid aerodynamic analysis to estimate lift and drag for an airfoil.
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  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.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Apply the fundamental equations of elasticity to aircraft loading situations.
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  Use various deformation theories and fatigue analyses to obtain analytical solutions for situations in aircraft structural deformation.
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  Specify the materials used in aircraft structures and identify their failure modes.
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  Apply the basic principles of stressed-skin aircraft construction.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Apply the formal design and development process for aeronautical vehicles.
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  Optimize aircraft/engine design and airframe-engine integration.
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  Create feasible designs integrating a variety of aircraft systems and sub-systems.
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  Test and verify the feasibility of aircraft designs.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Make design choices between aircraft propulsion systems based on perfonnance considerations.
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  Calculate energy release, e.g. adiabatic flame temperatures, and equilibrium composition of gases at known temperatures and pressures.
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  Analyze the thermodynamic performance of engine cycles and compute relevant performance parameters.
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  Size jet engines using preliminary design calculations.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Distinguish different fabrication and processing methods for FRPs and nanocomposites.
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  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.
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  Identify potential applications of FRPs and nanocomposites utilizing these properties.
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  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.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Apply the basic theory of Computational Fluid Dynamics, including discretisation, accuracy and stability.
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  Assess the impact of fluid mechanics problems commonly encountered in industrial and environmental settings.
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  Construct and apply computational models, determine critical control parameters and relate them to desired outcomes.
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  Use a state of the art commercial computational fluid dynamics package for numerical simulations of fluid mechanics problems.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Analyze and explain the deformation behaviour of various crystalline and noncrystalline materials from a mechanistic point of view at the atomic to microstructure scale.
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  Analyze and explain the effect of various microstructure features on the strength of materials.
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  Analyze and explain the effects of various manufacturing and processing techniques on the mechanical behavior of the materials.
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  Predict the possible scenarios of material failure given the manufacturing, loading and environmental conditions.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  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.
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  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).
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  Describe how an airplane mission is calculated and apply it to simple study case.
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  Describe in more details the preliminary design phase and apply it to a simple study case.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify how to derive the performance of various avionics systems.
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  Assess the requirements for individual avionics subsystems and provide guidance for future development.
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  Define the architecture of modern avionics and demonstrate conceptual understanding of its integration design.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify and explain the difference between Initial and Continuing Airworthiness.
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  Identify the applicable airworthiness regulations that an aircraft needs to comply with during its operating life and the conditions for safe operation.
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  Identify how operations and organizations in the aviation industry are regulated.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Recognize the visualization of the complexity of structural components and materials of the aerospace vehicles and understand their functions.
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  Apply the commonly used aerospace materials: metals and alloys, polymers, composites, and ceramics for different applications.
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  Identify a variety of functional requirements with constraints (manufacturability, geometric limits, environmental aspects, etc.) to arrive at the “optimum” choice of structural concept and materials selection for a given weight and/or cost.
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  Identify the capability to solve the real-world problems with engineering mindset.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Derive finite element formulations for structural mechanical problems and heat conduction.
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  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.
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  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.
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  Numerically evaluate stresses, strains and deformation of a structure under either plane-stress or plane-strain conditions. 
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  Derive finite element formulations for time-dependent and/or non-linear problems.
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  Perform structural analysis and heat transfer modeling using commercial software package, and conduct engineering design in a team work environment.

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Identify the updated development in the emerging area and apply the knowledge accordingly. 

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

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  Address the existing problems in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering through literature search and technical communication.
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  Apply acquired knowledge to analyze and investigate existing problems on Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering.
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  Design solutions to improve the existing techniques and conduct experiments/numerical simulations in the Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering area.