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'''Aerospace Engineering'''
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'''Aerospace engineering''' related content is to be organized and developed here.


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==Suggested Structure==
* [[Aerospace engineering research]]
* [[General introduction]]
* [[Aerospace structures and materials]]
====General Prerequisites====
* [[About scram jets]]
* [[Basic Mathematics]] - differentials, integrals, basic mechanics, vector algebra, matrices and matrix manipulation, total derivative (for mass and momentum equations, among others)
* [http://wikademia.org/Special:Search?search=aerospace+engineering&fulltext=Search Search]
** Reading - [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Calculus Introductory calculus on Wikibooks], [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Differential_Equations Differential Equations on Wikibooks]
* Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer - Zereoth, First, Second and Third Laws, Enthalpy, Entropy, Clausius Inequality and ??, Steady State Equation, Modelling Gas Turbines/Engines, Conduction, Convection, Radiation (Black Body, Grey Body)
** Potential reading - [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Engineering_Thermodynamics Engineering Thermodynamics on Wikibooks]
* Circuits/Electronics
* Physics - Forces, Gravity Equation
** Reading - [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Physics_Study_Guide/Gravity Gravity on Wikibooks]


==== Statics ====
== Readings ==
* Structural Analysis
* [[About aerospace engineering]]
* Mechanics - Friction on a surface, Rolling bodies, Stability, Pure/Damped/Forced Harmonic Motion, Orbits (reaching orbit, geostationary point, changing orbit, escape velocity)
** Reading - [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Solid_mechanics Solid Mechanics on Wikibooks - a good overview for both SA and Mechanics. A litte dense for a beginner however?]


==== Fluid mechanics ====
==External links==
* Aerodynamics - Derivation of shear stress on a fluid, perfect gas equation, Bernoulli equation, Langrangian and Eulerian reference frames, control volumes and control surfaces, Conservation of mass up to 3-d, balance of momentum equations up to 3-d, Aerofoils, Circulation, Mach Number & Renauld's Number, Laminar and turbulent flow
* December 2008 ''[http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2008/December/22-28/dec2508-Futuristic-flying-bike-video/?&R=EPI-105247 Futuristic flying bike video ]
* Propulsion - Turbomachinery


==== Materials Science ====
[[Category:Aerospace engineering|Aerospace engineering]]
* Material Classes - Metals, Ceramics, Composites, Polymers, Ionic and Covalents
[[Category:Engineering departments]]
* Material Microstructure
* Properties of Materials - Strength, Stiffness, Young's Modulus, Elasiticity and Modulus of Elasticity, Hardness, Toughness, Electrical Properties?
* Materials Selection
* Material Processes - Annealing, Quenching, Precipitaiton Hardening, Case Hardening
* Failure - Fatigue, Creep, Fracture, Case studies (aircraft)
* Composites - matrix and fibers, explanation of directional properties, case studes (carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass)
 
==== Aircraft Design ====
* Basic Aircraft Performance - Air density at altitudes, Perfect Gas equation,
* Dynamics and Control - Control Surfaces,
 
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Latest revision as of 05:00, 17 June 2014

Aerospace engineering related content is to be organized and developed here.

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