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AS503 Air Vehicle

The course focuses on the study of air vehicles as they evolved to enable human flight or unmanned flight missions. In a historical review the development of aviation technology, mission requirements, and economical aspects are emphasized. Fundamentals of aerodynamic principles and their application to air vehicles will be developed to determine performance in level flight, climb, glide and maneuvering flight, as well as characteristic parameters as range and endurance. The state of the art of present air vehicles is investigated, as well as current problems in aviation and possible solutions. A technology forecast will be offered.

AS506 Aircraft Design

Review of air vehicle aerodynamics and performance, design process, compromise of conflicting requirements, economical, industrial, and legal aspects. Definition of mission requirements, synthesis and optimization techniques, safety and reliability, systems integration, standards and regulations, teamwork and decision-making process.

AS507 Introduction to Airborne Radar

The course covers pulse compression, FM ranging, Pulse Doppler Radar including Doppler effects, spectrum of pulsed signal, sensing Doppler frequencies, how digital filters work, the digital filter bank and the FFT, and measuring range rate. Return Radar from the ground (scatter) including sources and spectra of ground return, effect of range and Doppler ambiguities on ground clutter, and separating ground-moving targets from clutter are also covered.

AS508 Flight Test Instrumentation

The objective of this course is to familiarize the student with the principles of flight test instrumentation, sufficient to allow the student to plan and instrument an aircraft to conduct a series of tests. Subjects to be covered include basic principles of measurement theory, components of an instrumentation system, specific sensors used for flight test, and the signal conditioning required to deal with typical flight test sensors. The class will also cover interfacing and data acquisition with digital sensors that output their results in computer compatible format such as serial data streams. The class will make extensive use of LabVIEW to experiment with sensors and instruments in the laboratory and then will take selected instruments into UTSI aircraft for flight experience.

AS509 Introduction to Aircraft Structures

Introduction to design and analysis of structures, with emphasis on light weight and modern materials used for aircraft structures. Topics include: Load Determination and Aviation Regulations, Airworthiness, Ultimate Loads, Limit Loads, Load Factors; Simplifying Assumptions to the Safe Side; Basics of Stress and Strain, Elasticity, Shear, Bending, Torsion; Statically Indeterminate Systems, Frames; Structural Instabilities, Buckling of Columns, Thin Plates; Tension Field Beams; Principles of Stressed Skin Construction; Open, Closed, Thin-walled Beams; Tapered Beams, Fuselages and Frames, Wings and Ribs; Laminated Composite Structures; Elementary Aeroelasticity.

AS510 SPECIAL TOPICS:

AS510 Avionics I

Avionic systems and communications, including analog and digital systems, aviation bands and frequencies, satellite and aircraft communications, selective calling, emergency locator transmitter, omni-directional range, instrument and microwave landing systems, automatic direction finder, and other topics are also discussed.

AS510 Avionics II

Avionic systems and communications, including analog and digital systems, distance measuring equipment, transponder, radar altimeter, GPS/satellite navigation, electronic flight instrument system, cockpit voice and flight data recorders, weather detection, traffic alert and collision avoidance system, electrical systems, aviation bands and frequencies, and other topics are also discussed.

AS510 Human Factors in Crew Station Design

Cockpit design criteria are presented for various fighter and transport aircraft relating to anthropometric and accommodation issues such as visibility, reach, strength, and body size. Criteria for design of various cockpit displays including head-up guidance, helmet mounted, and audio systems displays are discussed along with conventional head-down display layouts. Issues relating to human information processing characteristics are related to mission analysis and display requirements. Test and evaluation techniques are presented by a human factors engineering specialist. This course is designed for pilots, test pilots, and engineers involved in human factors and systems engineering. Prerequisite is AS 515 or permission of instructor.

AS510 Systems Engineering and Integration

The focus of this course is on engineering problem solving in multi-disciplinary applications with complex systems interactions. Instruction will be provided in methodologies and tools used to deal with large complex systems to deliver system performance that meets user requirements. Methodologies discussed will include system life cycles, requirements development, verification and validation, engineering review processes, hazard analysis, fault trees, reliability block diagrams, system flow diagrams, weight and cost estimating, technical budget management, engineering economic analysis, interface control, and deterministic and Monte Carlo definition of integrated flight design environments. Special topics will include software integration, interconnect wiring, fault tolerance and redundancy management.

AS510 Atmospheric Science

This is a first year graduate level course in Atmospheric Science. A prerequisite requirement for taking this course is the completion of an undergraduate degree in Physics, Chemistry or Engineering. The course will cover major topics related to atmospheric Science including the following: (1) a brief survey of the atmosphere, (2) the Earth system: the hydrologic cycle; the carbon cycle; oxygen in the Earth system and; history of climate, (3) atmospheric thermodynamics, (4) radiative transfer, (5) atmospheric chemistry, (6) cloud microphysics, and (7) atmospheric dynamics.

AS510 Flight Test Data Processing

This course will introduce the student to the typical data processing techniques and issues unique to a flight test. The course will discuss the unique nature of flight test data sources (telemetry, recordings, military and commercial databus formats, audio and video formats) and unique processing algorithms to deal with these formats. The course will discuss data compression and processing algorithms typically used in real time as well as postflight data reduction. The course will discuss techniques for reducing noise in flight test data such as digital filtering and wildpoint elimination, techniques for performing statistical analysis of flight data such as regression analysis and techniques for analyzing flight test data in the time and frequency domain (fourier and spectral analysis). The course will discuss the problems associated with planning for flight test data reduction including problems in managing databases and building data simulators for flight test data processing operations and validation. Special topics such as data archiving and flight visualization will also be discussed. The course will make extensive use of LabVIEW and MATLAB and the students will be expected to program and test algorithms in these languages. Excel will also be used.

AS514 Systems Flight Testing

This course covers the civil airworthiness requirements for development and certification of large fixed wing transport category aircraft. FAA regulatory and advisory information is explained and applications are made to systems flight test planning and execution. Flight test examples are provided for all major aircraft systems to include hydraulic, propulsion, electrical, avionics, autopilot, pneumatic, and ice protection.

AS515 Aviation Human Factors

Human factors pertinent to aviation including basic concepts of human factors such as human error, fatigue, body rhythms, information processing, motivation, visual and vestibular illusions, communication, attitudes, displays and controls, crew station integration, and introduction to test and evaluation methods. Applications are made fixed and rotary wing operations.

AS516 Aircraft Flight Controls (Stability and Control)

Static and dynamic longitudinal, directional, and lateral stability of aerospace vehicles will be investigated. Topics include:

• Contribution of vehicle components to stability and control
• Motion with fixed and free control surfaces
• Steady flight and maneuvering flight
• Flight test techniques
• Introduction to control theory and design of automatic controls

AS518 Introduction to Aviation Systems

The course will provide an introduction to Aviation Systems and the discipline of Flight Test Engineering. Topics will include aviation fundamentals, basic airmanship, aerospace mathematics and physics, basic aerodynamics, performance, and stability & control, flight test instrumentation and data acquisition, flight test fundamentals, and flight test data analysis and reporting. Course structure will be weekly classroom academics with 3 flight labs during the semester. This course is designed for full time attendance during the semester and will not be offered as a Distance Learning course.

AS521 Experimental Flight Mechanics: Fixed Wing Performance

The course will cover fundamental theories, flight test techniques, and data collection and analyses for fixed wing aircraft performance. Topics will include air data system calibration, takeoff and landing performance, turn performance, cruise performance, energy concepts, and aerodynamic modeling. Course structure will be weekly classroom academics with approximately 4-6 flight labs evenly distributed during the semester. This course is designed for full time attendance during the semester and will not be offered as a Distance Learning course.

AS522 Experimental Flight Mechanics: Fixed Wing Stability and Control

The course will cover fundamental theories, flight test techniques, and data collection and analyses for fixed wing aircraft stability and control. Topics will include static and dynamic longitudinal stability, longitudinal maneuvering stability and control, static and dynamic lateral-directional stability, lateral control power, and departure testing. Course structure will be weekly classroom academics with approximately 4-6 flight labs evenly distributed during the semester. This course is designed for full time attendance during the semester and will not be offered as a Distance Learning course.