As of Fall 2021, the Aeronautical Concentration is no longer available, instead the 51吃瓜网Institute of Aerospace Engineering (MIAE) is offering Minor in Aerospace Engineering
The Aeronautical Concentration is comprised of five (5) courses.
Required Courses (6 credits)
Two of the five are the Required courses:
MECH 532. Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Aircraft performance criteria such as range, endurance, rate of climb, maximum ceiling for steady and accelerated flight. Landing and take-off distances. Static and dynamic stability in the longitudinal (stick-fixed and stick-free) and coupled lateral and directional modes. Control response for all three modes.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): (MECH 412 or MECH 419), MECH 533
- Prerequisite (Graduate): MECH 533
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MECH 533. Subsonic Aerodynamics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Kinematics: equations of motion; vorticity and circulation, conformal mapping and flow round simple bodies. Two-dimensional flow round aerofoils. Three-dimensional flows; high and low aspect-ratio wings; airscrews. Wind tunnel interference. Similarity rules for subsonic irrotational flows.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MECH 331
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Complementary Courses (9 credits)
Three additional courses from the list below:
MECH 535. Turbomachinery and Propulsion.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to propulsion: turboprops, turbofans and turbojets. Review of thermodynamic cycles. Euler turbine equation. Velocity triangles. Axial-flow compressors and pumps. Centrifugal compressors and pumps. Axial-flow turbines. Loss mechanisms. Dimensional analysis of turbomachines. Performance maps. 3-D effects. Introduction to numerical methods in turbomachines. Prediction of performance of gas turbines.
- (3-0-6)
- Corequisites: MECH 430
- Prerequisite: MECH 331.
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MECH 536. Aerospace
Structures.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Aircraft and spacecraft structural components and loads. Bending, shear, torsion and buckling of thin-walled open and closed sections. Structural idealization. Principle of stiffener / web construction. Trusses and isogrid structures. Wing spars and box beams. Fuselage frames and wing ribs. Analysis of riveted, bolted and
adhesive joints. Sandwich structures analysis. Thermoelasticity analysis for spacecraft structures.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MECH 321 or equivalent
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MECH 432.
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MECH 539. Computational Aerodynamics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Fundamental equations. Basic flow singularities. Boundary element methods. Source, doublet and vortex panel methods for 2D and 3D incompressible and compressible flows. Method of characteristics. Euler equations for inviscid rotational flows. Finite-difference and finite-volume methods. Explicit and implicit time-integration methods. Quasi 1D solutions. Nozzle and confined aerofoil applications.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MECH 309 or MATH 317, MECH 533.
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MECH 559. Engineering Systems Optimization.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to systems-oriented engineering design optimization. Emphasis on i) understanding and representing engineering systems and their structure, ii) obtaining, developing, and managing adequate computational (physics- and data-based) models for their analysis, iii) constructing appropriate design models for their synthesis, and iv) applying suitable algorithms for their numerical optimization while accounting for systems integration issues. Advanced topics such as coordination of distributed problems and non-deterministic design optimization methods.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MATH 264 and MECH 309
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MECH 565. Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Equipment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Pipes and piping systems, pumps, and valves. Fans and building air distribution systems. Basic thermal design methods for fins and heat exchangers. Thermal design of shell-and-tube and compact heat exchangers.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): MECH 240, MECH 309 or MATH 317, MECH 331, MECH 341, MECH 346 or permission of the instructor.
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MECH 566. Fluid-Structure Interactions.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Pipes and cylindrical shells containing flow: fundamentals and applications in ocean mining, Coriolis mass-flow meters, heat exchangers, nuclear reactors and aircraft engines; chaos. Cylinders in axial flow and in cross-flow; vortex-shedding and galloping. Cylinder arrays in cross-flow; fluidelastic instabilities. Ovalling of chimneys.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: MECH 315 or MECH 419 or equivalent.
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MECH 567. Structural Dynamics of Turbomachines.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Fundamentals of turbomachines from the standpoint of structural dynamics and vibration analysis, with preference given to aerospace applications involving
aircraft and helicopter engines. Topics include: introduction to the finite element method, aircraft/helicopter engines architecture and main components, general equations of motion in rotordynamics, advanced modal analysis, Campbell diagrams and critical rotational velocity, mistuning and cyclic symmetry, fluid-structure coupling, flutter analysis, high-cycle fatigue.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite(s): MECH 321 and MECH 412 or MECH 419
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MECH 579. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A comprehensive introduction to important algorithms in sensitivity analysis and multidisciplinary design optimization of large systems. Topics include: unconstrained and constrained optimization, sensitivity analysis, gradient-free optimization, multi-objective optimization, and various multidisciplinary algorithms and approaches for design optimization.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite(s): MECH 309
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* Students cannot get credit for both聽MECH 559聽and聽MECH 579.
Note: Students should see their Academic Advisor and complete the聽Request for Course Authorization form聽to add this concentration.