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AA241A - Introduction to Aircraft Design, Synthesis, and Analysis
New aircraft systems emphasizing commercial aircraft. Economic and technological factors that create new aircraft markets. Determining market demands and system mission performance requirements; optimizing configuration to comply with requirements; the interaction of disciplines including aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, guidance, payload, ground support, and parametric studies. Applied aerodynamic and design concepts for use in configuration analysis. Application to a student-selected aeronautical system; applied structural fundamentals emphasizing fatigue and fail-safe considerations; design load determination; weight estimation; propulsion system performance; engine types; environmental problems; performance estimation. Direct/indirect operating costs prediction and interpretation. Aircraft functional systems; avionics; aircraft reliability and maintainability. Prerequisite: 100 or equivalent.
GERs: None
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2008-2009 Autumn
| Sec | Type | Instructor | Room | Units | Days | Times | ||
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| 01 | Lecture | Ilan Kroo & Juan Alonso | Art4 | 3 | Tue Thu | 2:15-3:30pm |
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