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


==Suggested Structure==
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* [[General introduction]]
====General Prerequisites====
== Projects and resources ==
* [[Basic Mathematics]] - differentials, integrals, basic mechanics, vector algebra, matrices and matrix manipulation, total derivative (for mass and momentum equations, among others)
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* Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer
* Circuits/Electronics
* Physics - Forces, Gravity Equation


==== Statics ====
* [[Aerospace engineering research]]
* Structural Analysis
* [[Aerospace structures and materials]]
* Mechanics - Friction on a surface, Rolling bodies, Stability, Pure/Damped/Forced Harmonic Motion, Orbits (reaching orbit, geostationary point, changing orbit, escape velocity)
* [[About scram jets]]
* [http://wikademia.org/Special:Search?search=aerospace+engineering&fulltext=Search Search]


==== Fluid mechanics ====
== Readings ==
* 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,
* [[About aerospace engineering]]
* Propulsion - Turbomachinery


==== Materials Science ====
==External links==
* Material Classes - Metals, Ceramics, Composites, Polymers, Ionic and Covalents
* 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 ]
* 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 ====
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* Basic Aircraft Performance - Air density at altitudes, Perfect Gas equation,
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* Dynamics and Control - Control Surfaces,

Latest revision as of 05:00, 17 June 2014

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

Humans will have to colonize other planets eventually. Life may not be able to survive on Earth indefinitely.

Projects and resources

Select a descriptive name for each new link. See naming conventions.

Readings