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Graduate, 500-level courses are listed below. Information on upper-division undergraduate 400- level courses may be found via the Undergraduate Information page.

• AERSP 504. AERODYNAMICS OF V/STOL AIRCRAFT (3)
  Jet wings, high lift devices, propellers and ducted propellers, circulation and boundary layer control, unsteady airfoil theory. Prerequisite: AERSP 407.
• AERSP 505. AERO- AND HYDROELASTICITY (3)
  Interaction of elastic systems having several degrees of freedom with fluid flows in various configurations.
• AERSP 506. ROTORCRAFT DYNAMICS (3)
  Dynamics of rotating elastic blades, helicopter vibration analysis, aeroelastic stability of rotor blades and aeromechanical stability of coupled rotor-fuselage systems. Prerequisites: one graduate-level course in structural dynamics, AERSP 504 or equivalent introductory course in helicopter aerodynamics.
• AERSP 507. THEORY AND DESIGN OF TURBOMACHINERY (3)
  Theory and principles of machinery design: compressors, turbines, pumps, and rotating propulsors; opportunity to work out design examples.
• AERSP 508. FOUNDATIONS OF FLUID MECHANICS (3)
  Mathematical review, fluid properties, kinematics, conservation laws, constitutive relations, similarity principles, the boundary layer, inviscid flow, vorticity dynamics, wave motion.
• AERSP 509. DYNAMICS OF IDEAL FLUIDS (3)
  Irrotational flow theory, two- dimensional and axisymmetric flows, airfoil theory, complex variables, unsteady phenomena; flow with vorticity, finite wing theory. Prerequisite: AERSP 508.
• AERSP 510. COMPRESSIBLE FLOW (3)
  Classification and solution of compressible flow problems, high-speed gasdynamics, unsteady motion, transonic and hypersonic flows, atmospheric reentry.
• AERSP 511. AERODYNAMICALLY INDUCED NOISE (3)
  Review of fluid mechanics. General theory of aerodynamic sound. Noise radiation from jets, boundary layers, rotors, and fans. Structural response.
• AERSP 512. VISCOUS FLOW (3)
  Stress-deformation relations; Newtonian fluids, Navier-Stokes equations; exact, asymptotic laminar solutions; instability, transition; similitude and turbulent boundary layer.
• AERSP 514. STABILITY OF LAMINAR FLOWS (3)
  The stability of laminar motions in various geometries as influenced by boundary conditions and body forces of various kinds.
• AERSP 518. DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF AEROSPACE VEHICLES (3)
  Dynamical problems of aircraft and missiles, including launch, trajectory, optimization, orbiting reentry, stability and control, and automatic control. Prerequisite: AERSP 413 or 450.
• AERSP 524 (M E 524). HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE (3)
  First in two-part series. Similarity and scaling, vorticity dynamics; Fourier spectral representation; interscale energy transfer. Numerical simulations and experimental measurement. Prerequisite: A graduate-level course in fluid mechanics.
• AERSP 525 (M E 525). INHOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE (3)
  Second in two-part series. Instability and transition; turbulence models; Reynolds stress closure schemes; large eddy simulations; wave models; turbulence measurements. Prerequisite: AERSP 524.
• AERSP 526 (M E 526). COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR SHEAR LAYERS (3)
  Study of numerical solution methods for steady and unsteady laminar or turbulent boundary-layer equations in two and three dimensions. Prerequisite: AERSP 423 or M E 540.
• AERSP 527 (M E 527). COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN TRANSONIC FLOW (3)
  Numerical solution of partial differential equations of mixed type, with emphasis on transonic flows and separating boundary layers. Prerequisite: AERSP 423 or M E 540.
• AERSP 528 (M E 528). COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR RECIRCULATING FLOWS (3)
  Numerical solution techniques for laminar/turbulent flow with large recirculation zones. Both primitive variable and stream function-vorticity equations used. Prerequisites: AERSP 423, M E 540.
• AERSP 529. ADVANCED ANALYSIS AND COMPUTATION OF TURBOMACHINERY FLOWS (3)
  Review of numerical methods; three-dimensional inviscid flow computation, two- and three-dimensional viscous flow effects and computation; recent advances. Prerequisites: AERSP 423; AERSP 507 or M E 418.
• AERSP 530. AEROTHERMOCHEMISTRY OF ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS (3)
  Physics and chemistry needed to analyze advanced rocket propulsion systems including reacting high temperature radiating gas and plasma flows. Prerequisite: AERSP 312 or M E 434.
• AERSP 540 (E E 540, NUC E 540). THEORY OF PLASMA WAVES (3)
  Solutions of the Boltzmann equation; waves in bounded and unbounded plasmas; radiation and scattering from plasmas. Prerequisite: AERSP (E E, NUC E) 490.
• AERSP 550. ASTRODYNAMICS (3)
  Applications of classical celestial mechanics to space flight planning. Determination and construction of orbital parameters by approximation methods. Perturbation techniques. Prerequisite: AERSP 450 or ASTRO 460 or E MCH 410 or PHYS 419.
• AERSP 553 (ME 553, EMCH 553). STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (3)
  Vibrations of continuous structures. Vibration modes, response via modal superposition.
• AERSP 560. FINITE ELEMENT METHOD IN FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER (3)
  Application of finite element techniques to viscous/unsteady fluid flow/heat transfer problems. Prerequisites: AERSP 312, 313
• AERSP 590. COLLOQUIUM (1-3)
• AERSP 596. INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (1-9)
• AERSP 597. SPECIAL TOPICS (1-9)
  • AERSP 597A. ROTORCRAFT AEROMECHANICS (3).
    This course is divided approximately 50-50 between helicopter stability and control and helicopter acoustics. This course is computer intensive and requires you to write the following three programs: prediction of rotor performance in hover using vortex theory; prediction of rotor performance in hover and forward flight; and prediction of stability and motion.
  • AERSP 597C (SP01). VIBRATION DAMPING AND CONTROL (3).
  • AERSP 597D (FA00). TOPICS IN APPLIED AERODYNAMICS (3).
  • AERSP 597F (FA00). SMART STRUCTURES (3).
  • AERSP 597F (SP99). ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (3).
    Analysis techniques for composite beams, plates, and shells, energy and finite element formulations, elastic tailoring concepts, buckling of composite structures. Prerequisites: Aersp 302, EMCH 471 or equivalent introductory course in composite materials.
  • AERSP 597I. SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (3).
    This course will examine various aspects of spacecraft aerodynamics and interactions with the space environment. The course will include some aspects of spacecraft design and the latest computational methods for calculating spacecraft aerodynamic forces and moments and thruster plume contamination.
  • AERSP 597K (FA00) SMALL SCALE TURBOMACHINERY (3).
  • AERSP 597K (ME 597K) (SP01). ELASTIC AND DYNAMIC STABILITY (3).
    Elements of structural dynamics and stability, buckling and snap-through elastic bodies, stability of gyroscopic continua, stability of dynamic systems. Prerequisites: Aersp 304 or ME 440 or equivalent introductory course in system dynamics, Aersp 597I or ME 552 also suggested.