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This topic page is for organizing the development of '''Aerospace engineering''' related content on [[Wikademia]].
Welcome to the Department of Aerospace Engineering.
Please, [[Help:Be bold|feel free to improve]] upon what you see; your contributions will be greatly appreciated.


== Learning projects and resources ==
Aerospace engineering deals with aircraft and spacecraft, and any other types of machine that can fly. Topics within aerospace engineering include, but are not limited to: ''aerodynamics', structural dynamics, ''fluid'' mechanics, '''orbital mechanics''', ''flight dynamics'', propulsion, and control systems. These topics can be applied to ''missiles'', space structures, satellites, and all aspects related to atmosphere and space flight.
Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Please cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.


Remember, Wikademia has adopted the "learning by doing" model for education. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikademia participants.
Aerospace engineers design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles and supervise the production of these products. Those who work with aircraft are called aeronautical engineers, and those working specifically with spacecraft are astronautical engineers. Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space exploration, often specializing in areas such as structural design, guidance, navigation and control, instrumentation and communication, or production methods. They also may specialize in a particular type of aerospace product, such as commercial aircraft, military fighter jets, helicopters, spacecraft, or missiles and rockets, and may become experts in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, propulsion, acoustics, or guidance and control systems.


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== Areas of study ==
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* [[Aerospace engineering]]
====General Prerequisites====
* [http://wikademia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1&ns4=1&ns100=1&ns102=1&ns104=1&search=Aerospace_engineering&fulltext=Advanced+search Search for Aerospace engineering at Wikademia]
* [[Basic mathematics]] - differentials, integrals, basic mechanics, vector algebra, matrices and matrix manipulation, total derivative (for mass and momentum equations, among others)
** [[wikibooks:Calculus | Calculus]] (Wikibook)
** [[wikibooks:Differential Equations | Differential Equations]] (Wikibook)
* [[Thermodynamics]]/Heat Transfer - Zereoth, First, Second and Third [[laws of thermodynamics|Laws]], [[Enthalpy]], [[Entropy]], Clausius Inequality and ??, Steady State Equation, Modelling Gas Turbines/Engines, [[Conduction]], [[Convection]], [[Radiation]] ([[Black body]], Grey Body)
** [[wikibooks:Engineering Thermodynamics | Engineering Thermodynamics]] (Wikibook)
* [[Circuits]]/[[Electronics]]
* [[Physics]] - Forces, Gravity Equation
** [[wikibooks:Physics Study Guide/Gravity | Gravity]] (Wikibook)


== Readings ==
=== Statics ===
* [[Wikipedia: Aerospace engineering]]
* [[Structural analysis]]
* [[Mechanics]] - Friction on a surface, Rolling bodies, Stability, Pure/Damped/Forced Harmonic Motion, Orbits (reaching orbit, geostationary point, changing orbit, escape velocity)
** [[wikibooks:Solid mechanics |Solid Mechanics]] (Wikibook)


==External links==
=== Fluid mechanics ===
* 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 ]
* [[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]] & [[Reynolds Number]], [[Laminar flow|laminar]] and [[turbulent flow]], [[Propulsion]] & [[Turbomachinery]]  


[[Category:Aerospace engineering|Aerospace engineering]]
====Wikibooks====
* [[wikibooks:Jet Propulsion/Aerodynamics | Aerodynamics]]
* [[wikibooks:Jet Propulsion | Jet Propulsion]]
* [[wikibooks:Rocket Propulsion:Contents | Rocket Propulsion]]
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===Aircraft Structures===
* [[Basic strength of materials]]
* [[Basic aircraft structures]]
* [[Advanced aircraft structures]]
* [[Structural analysis]]
* Recent Topics
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===Aircraft Systems===
* [[Flight control systems]]
* [[Electrical power system]]
* [[Hydraulic systems]]
* [[Flight control actuation systems]]
* [[Fuel system]]
* [[Airsystem]]
* [[Landing gear]]
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=== Materials Science ===
* [[Material classes]] - Metals, Ceramics, Composites, Polymers, Ionic and Covalents
* [[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, Precipitation Hardening, Case Hardening
* [[Failure]] - Fatigue, Creep, Fracture, Case studies (aircraft)
* [[Composites]] - matrix and fibers, explanation of directional properties, case studies (carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass)
 
====Wikibook====
* [[wikibooks:Material science | Material Science]]
 
=== Aircraft Design ===
* [[Basic aircraft performance]] - Air density at altitudes, Perfect Gas equation,
* [[Dynamics and control]] - Control Surfaces,
 
=== Aviation engines ===
* [[Hydraulic gas dynamics]] - characteristics of gas flowing through
* [[Theory of impeler machines]] - profiling blades of compressor and turbine, multi-stage compressor and multi-stage turbine
* [[Theory of jet engines]] - modeling turbojet engines
* [[Construction of jet engines]]
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=== Computational fluid dynamics ===
 
* [[Introduction to fluid dynamics]]
* [[Principles of fluid dynamics]]
* Solver Types
* Grid Generation
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=== Aeroelasticity ===
* [[Introduction aeroelasticity]]
* [[Static aeroelasticity]]
* [[Dynamic aeroelasticity]]
* [[Flight testing]]
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=== Rover design ===
* [[Rover Mission Analysis and Design]]
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==Department news==
The Aerospace Department is concerned with the technology that constitutes of Aeronautical and Astronautical engineering.-->
 
==Additional readings==
* [[Wikipedia: Astronautics]]
* [[Wikipedia: Spacecraft design]]
 
==Topics==
{{Col list|3|
* [[Topic:Fluid mechanics]]
* [[Topic:Aerodynamics]]
* [[Topic:Aeronautics]]
* [[Topic:Astrodynamics]]
* [[Topic:Orbital mechanics]]
* [[Topic:Statics]]
* [[Topic:Engineering mechanics]]
* [[School:Mathematics]]
* [[Topic:Electrotechnology]]
* [[Topic:Turbomachinery]]
* [[Topic:Control engineering]]
* [[Topic:Aircraft flight control systems]]
* [[Topic:Aircraft structures]]
* [[Topic:Materials science]]
* [[Topic:Solid mechanics]]
* [[Topic:Aeroelasticity]]
* [[Topic:Avionics]]
* [[Topic:Reliability engineering]]
* [[Topic:Noise control]]
* [[Topic:Flight testing]]
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== External links ==
[[Image:Dn8310-2_700.jpg|300px|right|thumb|‘Blended wing’ craft prototype]]
* [http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pav_home.php Personal Air Vehicle Page at Cafe Foundation (in affiliation with NASA)]
* [http://psas.pdx.edu/ Open avionics]
* [http://aerospace.me/ Aerospace Engineering - Students]
* [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/130398_electplane11.html Boeing's electric plane using fuelcells.]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openavionics/ OpenAvionics]
* [http://www.aiaa.org/ American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]
* [http://aero.stanford.edu/adgprojects.html Projects at Standford's Aerodynamics Design Group]
* [http://dthrocket.blogspot.com/ A Project to create a supersonic homebrew rocket]
* [http://rgl.faa.gov/ U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulatory and Guidance Library]
 
===Books===
* [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1428996389&id=mViQar7gcfkC&dq=nanotechnology&as_brr=1 Research opportunities in advanced aerospace concepts]
 
*[[Wikibooks:Astrodynamics|Astrodynamics]]
 
===Videos===
*[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A481C3DD60812502 MIT 16.01 Unified Engineering - Video Lecture]
*[http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=35721A60B7B57386 MIT 16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering - Video Lecture]
 
===Pictures===
* [http://www.darpa.mil/body/news/2007/Hyper_Test_6_20_07.html Pictures of the HyCAUSE Mach 10 test flight] - Collaboration between Australia and DARPA, 6/20/07
 
===Related news===
* September 2008 ''[http://www.physorg.com/news141922847.html Micro honeycomb materials enable new physics in aicraft sound reduction]
* August 2008 ''[http://www.markstechnologynews.com/2008/08/sikorsky-x2-helicopter-at-288mph-is.html Sikorsky X2 Helicopter: At 288mph Is World's Fastest]
* April 2008 ''[http://www.physorg.com/news127060603.html Avoiding wind tunnels, computer simulations pave way for hypersonic flight]
* April 2007 [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg18925331.200-take-a-leap-into-hyperspace.html Paper on hyperdrive system wins award at conference and is examined by US Government researchers...][http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/hyperdrive/]
* March 2007 [http://www.physorg.com/news94233194.html NASA seeks research proposals.]
* March 2007 [http://www.physorg.com/news93631842.html Private company to launch rocket.]
 
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Revision as of 07:50, 30 December 2008

Welcome to the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

Aerospace engineering deals with aircraft and spacecraft, and any other types of machine that can fly. Topics within aerospace engineering include, but are not limited to: aerodynamics', structural dynamics, fluid mechanics, orbital mechanics, flight dynamics, propulsion, and control systems. These topics can be applied to missiles, space structures, satellites, and all aspects related to atmosphere and space flight.

Aerospace engineers design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles and supervise the production of these products. Those who work with aircraft are called aeronautical engineers, and those working specifically with spacecraft are astronautical engineers. Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space exploration, often specializing in areas such as structural design, guidance, navigation and control, instrumentation and communication, or production methods. They also may specialize in a particular type of aerospace product, such as commercial aircraft, military fighter jets, helicopters, spacecraft, or missiles and rockets, and may become experts in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, propulsion, acoustics, or guidance and control systems.

Areas of study

General Prerequisites

Statics

  • Structural analysis
  • Mechanics - Friction on a surface, Rolling bodies, Stability, Pure/Damped/Forced Harmonic Motion, Orbits (reaching orbit, geostationary point, changing orbit, escape velocity)

Fluid mechanics

Wikibooks

Materials Science

Wikibook

Aircraft Design

Aviation engines

Rover design

Additional readings

Topics

‘Blended wing’ craft prototype

Books

Videos

Pictures

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