1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

.146. Flight Mechanics 1. 4 hr. PR: MAE. 42, 1 16. Fundamentals of aircraft static anddynamic stability and control; aerodynamic design of control surfaces. Generalequations of unsteady aircraft motion. Introduction to aerodynamic transfer functionsand automatic control systems. 4 hr. lee.150. Flight Vehicle Propulsion. 3 hr. PR: M.A.E. 117. Equilibrium combustionthermodynamics. Quasi one-dimensional flow with friction and total temperaturechange. Thermodynamics of aircraft engines. Aerodynamics of inlets, combustors,nozzles, compressors, and turbines. Performance of rockets. Ideal rocket analysis. 3hr. lee.158. Heat Transfer. 3 hr. PR: M.A.E. 140 and 144 or 1 14. Steady state and transientconduction. Thermal radiation. Boundary layer equations for forced and free convection.3 hr. lee.160. Flight Vehicle Structures 1. 3 hr. PR: M.A.E. 43. Strength of thin walled structuresin bending, shear, and torsion. Strain energy and application of Castigliano's theoremto bending of rings and curved bars, and to anaylsis of frames. Principle of virtual workand its application to beam and truss deflections and to statically indeterminatestructures. 3 hr. lee.161 Flight Vehicle Structures 2. 3 hr. PR: M.A.E. 160. Tension fields and the designof Wagner beam. Buckling of compression structures; bars, sandwich columns,wrinkling in sandwich construction, plates, shells and stiffenedstructural analysis. Failure by fatigue and fracture. 3 hr. tec.162. Design of Flight Structures 1. 3 hr. PR: M.A.E. 161. Structural design andanalysis of flight vehicle members. Layout and detail design of specified componentsand systems. 1 hr. lee., 6 hr. lab.165. Experimental Flight Vehicle Structures. 2 hr. PR: M.A.E. 160. Tension propertiesand stress-strain curves of materials. Strain gage circuitry. Elastic and inelasticcolumn buckling testing and theoretical comparison. Structural dynamics testing ofvibrating beams. Shear tests by torsion, and torsion of thin-walled members. Observationof photoelastic and Moire fringe pattern techniques, and an introduction to fatiguetesting. 1 hr. lee, 3 hr. lab.170.* Aviation Ground School. 3 hr. Nomenclature of aircraft, aerodynamics, civil airregulations, navigation, meteorology, aircraft, and aircraft engines. May serve aspreparation for private pilot written examinations. 2 hr. lee, 2 hr. lab.171 . Mechanical Engineering Analysis. 3 hr. PR: Math. 17. Numerical and computertechniques applied to the solution of mechanical engineering problems, such as rootfinding, systems of linear equations, curve fitting, numerical integration, and differentialequations. 3 hr. lee.181 . Mechanical Engineering Instrumentation. 3 hr. PR: Math. 18. Basic elements ofgeneral measurement systems. Principles of first and second order system input/output behavior. Study of common intermediate and output devices. Data collectionand processing using microcomputers. Design of a specific measurement system. 2hr. lee., 3 hr. lab.183. Principles of Engineering Design. 3 hr. PR: Penultimate Semester. Topics includedesign problems in mechanical engineering dealing with analytical and experimentalmethodologies in fluid, thermal, and structural areas, decision-making techniques,optimization, computer-aided design and economic considerations. 6 hr. lab.184. Engineering Systems Design. 3 hr. PR: M.A.E. 183. Identification and solution ofchallenging engineering problems through rational analysis and creative synthesis.Planning, designing, and reporting on complex systems on individual and group basis.6 hr. lab.Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Courses 395