Shyy, W., Chair;.; Carroll, B.F.; Cristescu, N.D.; Doddington, H.W.; Eisenberg, M.A.; Fearn, R. L.; Fitz-Coy, N.G.; Haftka, R.T.; Hemp, G.W.; Hirko, R.J.; Hsu, C.C.; Ifju, P.G.; Jenkins, D.A.; Kurdila, A.J.; Kurzweg, U.H.; Mei, R.; Mikolaitis, D.W.; Nevill, G.E., Jr.; Rapoff, A.J.,Sankar, B.V.; Segal, C.; Sheplak, M.; Shuster, M.D.;Thakur, S., Tran-Son-Tay R.; Udaykumar, H.S.,Vu-Quoc, L.; Walsh, E.K.

Undergraduate Coordinator: Sankar, B.V. (392-6749, sankar@ufl.edu).

Office: 231 Aerospace Building, 392-0961

Although not separately stated, the prerequisites for all courses offered by the Department of Aerospace Engineering Mechanics and Engineering Science may include classification as a student in good standing in aerospace engineering, engineering science and/or another engineering program for which the particular course is required.

Non-technical presentation of the manner in which space is exploited for human good. History of spaceflight, spacecrafts, the space program, the uses of space, the space shuttle and space station, space
in society, space colonies, astrology, UFO's, life on other worlds and space in literature and film will be covered.

Fundamentals of atmospheric and space flight; aerodynamic principles relating to lift and drag for two-dimensional and three-dimensional airfoils at both subsonic and supersonic speeds; aircraft performance including take-off distance, climb rates, range and landing distances; rocket trajectories and orbits; remotely-controlled aircraft design.

A course to develop a working understanding of experimental methods common to fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, dynamics and controls. Emphasis is placed on the characterization of various instrumentation systems and the operation of devices for motion, dimensional, force, torque, pressure, flow and temperature measurements. Techniques and hardware for data acquisition, data reduction and signal processing are presented. Programming is performed in LabView and Matlab.

A course on experimental planning and execution. Emphasis is placed on uncertainty analysis and statis-tical considerations in the planning, design, construction, debugging, execution, data analysis and reporting of experimental programs in accordance with the ANSI/ASME standards on measurement uncertainty (ANSI/ASME PTC 19.1-1985). Students are required to perform a major experimental project in one of the subject areas: biomechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics or dynamics and controls. Programming is performed in LabView and Matlab. Examples of advanced experimental methods and instrumentation are presented from current departmental research.

Topics from compressible and incompressible fluid mechanics related to aircraft and rocket flight. Incompressible aerodynamics: airfoils and finite wings. Design project using vortex-lattice computer code. Compressible aerodynamics: isentropic flow with area change, normal and oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves, Rayleigh flow, Fanno flow. Propulsion nozzles, supersonic wind tunnels and supersonic airfoils.

Topics from compressible flow related to high speed flights, reacting flows and propulsion. Isentropic flow with area change, Rayleigh flow, Fanno flow, diffusers and nozzles, aerodynamic heating, mass diffusion and conduction, convective heat transfer.

Laboratory experiments in a subsonic wind-tunnel.

Basic equations of motion for the flow of a compressible fluid. Isentropic flow, normal and oblique shock waves, linearized flows, method of characteristics, and supersonic thin-airfoil theory.

Laboratory experiments in a supersonic wind-tunnel.

Review of plane states of stress and strain. Analysis of thin-walled beams with open and closed section. Unsymmetrical bending of wing sections. Torsion of skin-stringer and multi-cell sections. Flexural shear in

open and closed sections. Shear Center. Failure criteria. Introduction to composite materials. Demonstration of behavior of some simple structural elements.

Experimental methods of stress determination in flight structures. Proof test of structures and demonstration of failure modes.

Introduction to plate theory. Stability of structural elements. Columns and beams. Plates. Energy principles in finite element method. Stiffness, incremental stiffness and mass matrices of aerospace structural elements. Computer programming for finite element analysis. Introduction to vibration & structural dynamics. Design and testing of typical structural element.

Design, fabrication and testing of an aircraft structural component.

Various types and applications of structural composites used in flight structures. Introduction to analysis of structural composites.

Basics of air-breathing and rocket engines used in flight systems.

Chemical equilibrium, explosions, premixed and diffusion flame theory, denotation and turbulent reacting flow.

Static stability and control, equations of motion, stability derivatives, stability of longitudinal and lateral motion of aircraft.

Review of current guidance and control systems. Synthesis of open and closed loop guidance and control systems using classical and modern control theory. Aerospace applications.

Introduction to the solar system. Study of two-body motion, Hohmann transfer, patched conics for interplanetary & lunar trajectories, the restricted three-body problem. Introduction to powered flights and artificial satellite orbits.

A discussion of the component systems of a spacecraft and typical missions requirements. The operation and character of different spacecraft hardware will be presented, as well as typical mission time lines from early conception to final operations. Topics include: the space environment, spacecraft sensors and actuators, guidance/control/navigation systems, propulsion systems, thermal systems, power systems, launch systems, communication systems, structural systems and mission operations. This course will be useful to engineers, scientists, computer scientists and any profession that uses data.

Applications of the principles of analysis and design to aerospace vehicles.

Second part of EAS 4700-4710 sequence

Students work in teams under the supervisor of a group of faculty members to design and implement a flight test program using a Cessna 172 aircraft. Tests are conducted to investigate aerodynamic behavior, airplace performance, static and dynamic stability. Instrumentation includes a flow-visualization system, pressure measurement system, angular position and rate gyroscopes, a global positioning system and associated hardware and software for data acquisition and analysis.

Selected problems or projects in the student’s major field of engineering study.

The first of a two-course sequence in which interdisciplinary teams of students learn structured design methods applied to industry-sponsored projects. Topics include: determining product specifications based on customer needs, project management, concurrent engineering and system level design.

The second part of a two-course sequence in which interdisciplinary teams of students learn structured design methods applied to industry-sponsored projects. Topics include: detailed design, component specification, prototype manufacturing, acceptance testing and documentation.

Practical engineering work under industrial supervision, as set forth in the College Regulations.

Basic concepts of various Engineering Sciences concentration areas are explored through a series of design-oriented projects. Commonly includes biomedical engineering, solids and structures, dynamics and control, scientific computing and others.

The minimum subset of material covered in EGM 3511 essential for further study of EGM 3400 or EGM 3401. This course is not an acceptable prerequisite for EGM 3520.

Reduction of force systems. Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Vector methods. Application to structures and mechanisms.

Solution methods for first and second order ordinary differential equations. Applications to radioactive decay, mass spring systems and electric circuits. Treatment of the Bessel and Legendre equations. Laplace transform methods applied to constant coefficient equations. Solution of simultaneous first order equations. (M)

Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies for rectilinear translation, curvilinear motion, rotation and plane motion. Principles of work and energy, also impulse and momentum.

Covers material of EGM 3400 plus extended coverage of three-dimensional rigid-body dynamics and of orbital motion.

Stress and strain at a point, stress-strain-temperature relations and mechanical properties of materials. Systems subject to axial load, torsion and bending. Design concepts, indeterminate structures, applications.

Introduction to problems which are encountered when dealing with living systems and their effects on design in such areas. Classic design approaches are reviewed. Specific design projects are worked out on paper. Individuals or groups will work on open- ended design projects.

Emphasis on overall design and analysis of complex engineering systems. Materials, structural, chemical, control, nuclear, mechanical, electrical and operational problems; cost analysis.

Continuation of EGM 4000.

Definition of the optical system. Calculation of radiometric quantities. Line and gray body sources. Atmospheric transmission. Selected topics in optics. Calculation of radiant flux through an optical system.

Discretization and approximation. Boundary-conforming transformation. Finite-difference and finite-element methods. Methods of weighted residuals. Application of the numerical methods to selected heat conduction, solid mechanics and fluid dynamics problems.

Undamped free and forced vibrations of systems on one degree of freedom, damped vibrations. Vibrations of systems with more than one degree of freedom. Shock and vibration isolation. Instruments for vibration analysis.

Vector differential calculus, including the concepts of gradient, divergence and curl. Divergence and Stokes theorems. Introduction to partial differential equations and Fourier series. Equations of heat conduction, wave propagation and Laplace. Complex variables and the Cauchy-Riemann conditions. Cauchy theorem and conformal mapping.

Methods for numerical solution of mathematical problems, with emphasis on engineering applications and on computer implementation. Curve fitting and functional approximation. Nonlinear algebraic equations. Systems of linear algebraic equations. Numerical differentiation and quadrature. Ordinary differential equations and systems of ODEs. Eigenvalue problems. Finite difference calculus and solution of partial differential equations.

Formulation of design objectives as optimization problems. Application of optimization techniques to design. Response surface techniques for analytical and experimental optimum engineering design. Experimental optimization applied to a design project.

Introduction to the science of engineering materials. Application of solid state mechanics to mechanical properties of materials including elasticity, plasticity, fracture, creep and relaxation.

The objective of this course is to provide students with necessary background in biomechanics to understand the mechanics of living systems. This first undergraduate course covers the broad spectrum of solid biomechanics and biofluids.

Introduction to solid and fluid mechanics of biological systems. Rheological behavior of materials subjected to static and dynamic loading. Mechanics of cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal systems. Mathematical models and analytical techniques used in biosciences.

A study of biothermal fluid sciences. Emphasis on physiological processes occurring in human blood circulation and underlying mechanisms from an engineering prospective.

Selected problems or projects in the student’s major field of engineering study.

The first of a two-course sequence in which interdisciplinary teams of students learn structured design methods applied to industry-sponsored projects. Topics include: determining product specifications based on customer needs, project management, concurrent engineering and system level design.

The second part of a two-course sequence in which interdisciplinary teams of students learn structured design methods applied to industry-sponsored projects. Topics include: detailed design, component specification, prototype manufacturing, acceptance testing and documentation

One term of industrial employment, including extra work according to a pre-approved outline. Practical engineering work under industrial supervision, as set forth in the College of Engineering regulations.

Comprehensive introduction to human physiology for biomedical engineering students. Applications of Engineering principles to physiology will be stressed where possible.

An introductory course in fluid mechanics. Statics and dynamics of application to viscous and inviscid flows. Dimensional analysis. Potential flow and airfoil theory.

A special topics course restricted to students in the university-wide Honors Program.