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- AER 222 - Engineering Design and Graphical CommunicationCourse DescriptionIntroduction to design: role of design in engineering, problem analysis, conceptual design and analysis, systems thinking, detailed design, design for product life cycle. Technical drawing in compliance with Canadian standards: orthographic and auxiliary views, sections, dimensioning and tolerancing, assembly and working drawings. Sketching and CAD-based methods.Weekly Contact:Lecture 2 hrs. Lab 2 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 309 - Basic ThermodynamicsCourse DescriptionIntroductory concepts and definitions: Thermo-dynamic systems, fluid properties. Energy, work, heat. First law. Cycles. Properties of a pure, simple compressible substance: substances that appear in different phases, ideal gas model. Control volume analysis: conservation of mass and energy. Second law: irreversible and reversible processes, Carnot cycle. Entropy: Clausius inequality, entropy change, entropy balance for closed and open systems, isentropic processes and efficiencies. Gas power systems; Air Standard Otto, Diesel, Dual and Brayton cycles. Engine testing.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 316 - Fluid MechanicsCourse DescriptionDimensions and units, continuum fluid mechanics. Properties of fluids. Fluid statics, the standard atmosphere. Manometry and pressure measurement. Forces on submerged planes. Flow characteristics: laminar and turbulent flow, steady and unsteady flow, streamlines. Flow analysis: control volume/control system and differential approaches for mass, momentum and energy conservation. Applications of the conservation equation, Euler and Bernoulli equations. Dimensional analysis, similitude and model testing.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 318 - DynamicsCourse DescriptionParticles in motion. Rigid bodies in motion. Work and Energy. Impulse and Momentum. Methods. Applications: clutch and brake systems. Vibrating systems.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 320 - Statics and Intro to Strength of MaterialsCourse DescriptionThe statics will cover rigid body equilibrium. Two and three-force members. Trusses, frames and machines. Method of joints, section, members. Dry friction. The introduction to strength of materials will cover stress and strain, Hooke's Law. Axial loading and statically indeterminate problems. Flexural analysis of beams: shear and moment diagrams, introduction to bending stresses, singularity functions.Weekly Contact:Lecture 4 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 403 - Mechanisms and VibrationsCourse DescriptionDisplacement, velocity, and acceleration analysis of simple link and rotating systems using vector polygons and complex-polar numbers. Inertia forces and moments acting on simple link systems. Single and multi-degree of freedom systems, continuous systems. Forced and free excitation with system damping. Vibration absorbers and static and dynamic balancing of rotating shafts.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 404 - Intro to Aerospace Engineering DesignCourse DescriptionThis course provides students with an introduction to the principles and practice of engineering design. Course instructors provide one or more engineering challenges and students work in design teams to provide innovative design solutions. Students learn to provide, clarify and satisfy project requirements. Projects are structured to encourage trade-offs between possibly conflicting goals. Design lab sessions are supplemented by special-topic lectures that include: occupational safety, systems thinking, environmental impact.Weekly Contact:Lecture 2 hrs. Lab 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 416 - Flight MechanicsCourse DescriptionAirplane evolution. Aircraft and spacecraft anatomy. Atmospheric properties. Basic Aerodynamics, source of aerodynamic forces, and aerodynamic shapes. Lift, drag and moment characteristics of aircraft. Mach number effects on lift and drag. Piston, turboprop and turbofan engine performance characteristics. Introduction to steady level flight, climb, descent and turn. Introduction to helicopter flight mechanics. Introduction to orbital flight.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Prerequisites:AER 316
- AER 423 - Thermodynamics and Heat TransferCourse DescriptionThe Clausius inequality. Entropy change. Isentropic processes. Entropy balance for closed and open systems. Processes and cycles depicted on temperature, entropy and enthalpy axes, isentropic efficiencies. Combustion. Gas turbines; nozzles, engine intakes, compressors, combustion chambers, extended surface (fins and pins). Two-dimensional conduction; transient conduction, forced convection and heat exchangers.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 504 - AerodynamicsCourse DescriptionFinite wings and effects of wing geometry, viscosity and compressibility. Aerodynamic forces on wings and bodies. Lift, drag and moment coefficients. Scalar and vector fields, stream function and velocity potential. Rotation; vorticity; circulation and lift. Sources, sinks, vortices. Fluid dynamics; substantive derivative, Euler and Bernoulli equations. Flow about a body, superposition of flows, doublets. Kutta-Jukowski theorem and Kutta condition. Thin airfoil theory, symmetrical and cambered airfoils. Introduction to computational fluid dynamics. Panel methods.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 507 - Materials and ManufacturingCourse DescriptionMechanical properties of materials, materials testing: tensile properties, hardness, impact, fatigue; engineering materials systems, interrelationships of structure, properties, and processing; processing and application of engineering materials, manufacturing methods and manufacturing systems.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 509 - Control SystemsCourse DescriptionMathematical model representation of physical control systems which involve mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical components. Open and closed-loop control system analysis. Block diagram algebra. First, second and higher order system stability analysis using techniques such as: Bode diagrams, Routh-Horowitz analysis, Root Locus analysis. Introduction to system compensation such as Lead-Lag Compensators.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1.5 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 520 - Stress AnalysisCourse DescriptionTorsion of shafts, Torsional and flexural shear flow in open and closed thin-walled sections, Analysis of deflection, bending moment in statically determinate/indeterminate members, Moment-area method for beam deflection, Strain energy and Castigliano's theorem for beam and frame deflections, Strain and stress transformations and Mohr's circle, Introduction to failure theories for ductile and brittle materials, Experimental stress analysis using strain gauges and photoelastic methods applied to practical structural loading problems in the laboratory.Weekly Contact:Lecture 4 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 606 - Component Design and Material SelectionCourse DescriptionThe course will address the component design process, starting with conceptualization and progressing through design optimization, material selection, prototyping and finally presentation. Emphasis will be placed on the selection of the appropriate aerospace material for the application and the development of an understanding of structure-property-service materials. This would include polymers, ceramics and composites. Computer-Aided design (CATIA) will be used as a design tool.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 2 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 615 - Aircraft PerformanceCourse DescriptionLegislated performance and related safety requirements: FAR and other airworthiness standards. Takeoff and landing performance, including calculations for balanced field length with critical engine inoperative. Range-payload characteristics block properties, aircraft utilization and capacity. V-n diagram. Energy concept: accelerated rate of climb. Determination of cruise costs and minimum cost cruise. Elements of route analysis, overall flight fuel prediction and flight control and navigation using various sensors. Automatic flight control systems with auto pilot and instrument landing systems.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 621 - Aerospace Structural DesignCourse DescriptionAircraft structural integrity concepts and stress analysis methods. Fail-safe vs. safe-life design. Component life estimation. Load spectra, damage tolerance. Aerodynamic manoeuvre, gust, pressurization and landing loads. V-n diagrams. Wing design: stress analysis. Strength vs. stiffness. Torsional and bending divergence. Introduction to control reversal and flutter. Fuselage analysis. Effect of cutouts. Buckling of columns, thin plates and stiffened panels under a variety of loading conditions are examined. Lab work will entail the design of aircraft primary structure.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 622 - Gas DynamicsCourse DescriptionReview of basic equations. Wave propagation in compressible media. Isentropic flow of a perfect gas. Normal shock waves. Unsteady flow. Oblique shock waves. Prandtl-Meyer flow. Subsonic, transonic and supersonic flow over wings and bodies. Flow measurement. Computational fluid dynamics applications; supersonic flow over a cone, flow in a supersonic nozzle, shock waves on re-entry type bodies.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 626 - Applied Finite ElementsCourse DescriptionFundamentals of finite elements method will be explained. Application of finite elements to stress analysis, heat transfer and free vibrations will be discussed. Trusses, beams and frame elements will be introduced. Applications using engineering software.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 627 - Introduction to Space RoboticsCourse DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the topics of space robotics. The purpose of this course is to provide a working knowledge of basic and applied concepts in both manipulators and mobile robots. Topics covered include the kinematics of manipulators, velocity control, Jacobians, dynamic modeling, position and force control, path and trajectory planning, rover fundamentals, robot vision, localization, navigation, and processing architectures. Examples are drawn from existing and proposed planetary and orbital missions.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 2 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Prerequisites:AER 403
- AER 710 - PropulsionCourse DescriptionIntroduction to aerospace propulsion. Review of gas dynamics and thermodynamics. Propellers, theory and design. Internal combustion engines: spark-ignition, compression-ignition, rotary. Turbosupercharging. Gas turbine engines. Cycle analysis of turbojets. Design considerations for intake, compressor, combustor, turbine, afterburner, and exhaust nozzle. Cycle analysis of turbofans. Cycle analysis of turboprop engines. Rocket propulsion introduction. Solid rocket motors. Liquid-propellant rocket engines. Hybrid rocket engines. Air-breathing rocket engines. Advanced propulsion techniques for space applications.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 715 - Avionics and SystemsCourse DescriptionFundamentals of avionics and aircraft systems will be introduced, including avionics systems framework and design; instrument and crew-plane interface, displays and man-machine interaction; sensors; flight control systems including fly-by-wire control, environmental and engine control systems; electrical power systems; fuel and hydraulic systems.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 716 - Aircraft Stability and ControlCourse DescriptionThe fundamentals of stick-fixed and stick-free static stability are considered. Manoeuvre margins and corresponding required control column forces are assessed. The dynamic stability of a given aircraft is evaluated through consideration of the equations of motion, and approximation methods presented for the longitudinal and lateral modes of transient motion. Longitudinal and lateral-directional responses to control applications are also considered.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 721 - Orbital DynamicsCourse DescriptionAstrodynamics: two-body problem in three dimensions, orbital elements, orbit types (circular, elliptical, hyperbolic), reference frames and time-keeping, orbit determination, position and velocity, introduction to three-body problem. Earth Orbits: orbital perturbations (earth, environment, third-body effects), orbit lifetime, ballistic trajectories, types and uses of orbits (low, mid, high, sun-synchronous, geosynchronous). Orbit Control: basic orbital maneuvering, delta-V considerations, interplanetary transfer and rendezvous, method of patched conics, orbital swing-by, orbit station-keeping, Hill's geometry, eclipse, sun incidence, earth viewing and coverage geometry, calculation of contact time and duration, constellations. Launch Vehicle Considerations: various rocket configurations, staging, ascent to orbit.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 722 - AeroelasticityCourse DescriptionWing divergence. Control surface effectiveness. Flexibility effects on aircraft stability and control. Quasi-Steady and unsteady aerodynamics. Flutter analysis of two-dimensional wings with discussion of three-dimensional effects. Introduction of other aeroelastic phenomena such as vortex shedding, buffeting and stall flutter. Flight testing.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 723 - Introduction to Space Systems DesignCourse DescriptionOverview of structures unique to space systems, from lightweight deployables to large manipulators. Structural analysis using finite element models. Unrestrained structures, modal coordinate systems, modal analysis and frequency response concepts. Robot kinematics, coordinate transformations, differential relationships between joint and Cartesian motion. Lagrangian rigid-robot equations of motion and robot flexibility. Robot control: actuators and drive-train dynamics, trajectory interpolation and tracking. Feedforward and feedback control strategies.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 813 - Space Systems Design ProjectCourse DescriptionThis course brings together the knowledge gained in many previous courses and requires that the student work as part of a small team. The requirement is to complete the design of a special purpose spacecraft or a major space system, complete with interim design reviews, final reports and presentations.Weekly Contact:Lecture 2 hrs. Lab 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 814 - Aircraft Design ProjectCourse DescriptionThis course brings together the knowledge gained in many previous courses and requires that the student work as part of a small team. The requirement is to complete the design of a special purpose airplane, complete with interim design reviews, final reports and presentations.Weekly Contact:Lecture 2 hrs. Lab 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 817 - Systems EngineeringCourse DescriptionAerospace systems engineering standards and practices. Working knowledge of all elements involved in the systems engineering of aerospace projects. Project management. Requirements derivation and analysis. Systems modelling, simulation and documentation. Cost analysis. Risk management. Systems safety, system integration and verification. Students will work in teams to apply systems engineering principles and processes to the design of aerospace systems.Weekly Contact:Lecture 2 hrs. Lab 2 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00Prerequisites:AER 606Corequisites:AER 715
- AER 818 - Manufacturing ManagementCourse DescriptionAerospace materials, design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, certification, commission. Bill of materials (BOM) including materials, off-the-shelf parts, components, sub-assembled components, tooling, interface design. (Using Excel.) Bill of Labour (BOL) including metal forming, sheet metal working, metal removal, special processing methods, joining and assembly, testing. Development cycle including design (CAD), component simulation (FEM), system simulation (ADAMS). Cost analysis including return on investment (ROI), technical risks, past lessons learned. Matrix organization, enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply-chain management, production planning and scheduling. Material flow control, production time control, product quality control, product cost control, Statistics process control (SPC), Six Sigma.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 821 - Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and ControlCourse DescriptionReview of rotational dynamics: Euler's equations, major/minor axis spins, asymptotic stability, role of energy dissipation, integrals of motion. Space-Vehicle Attitude Dynamics: rigid-body motion, typical configurations (non-spinning, spinning, momentum-bias), applications. Applied Classical Control: Discrete-time control systems, real-time considerations, bandwidth, sampling, other practical considerations. Basics of Modern Control Theory: State-space formulations, LQR/LQG controllers, comparison to classical methods. Space-Vehicle Attitude Control: Typical sensor and actuator devices, strategies for attitude control, gravity gradient control, effects of flexibility.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 822 - Avionics Design ProjectCourse Description
This course brings together the knowledge gained in many previous courses and requires that the student work as part of a small team. The requirement is to complete the design of avionics and systems for a special purpose aircraft, with interim design reviews, final reports and presentations.
Weekly Contact:Lecture 2 hrs. Lab 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00 - AER 827 - Composite MaterialsCourse DescriptionThis is a comprehensive course in composite materials, especially those commonly used in aerospace industry. Topics include design of composite laminates, properties of composite materials, characterization methods, manufacturing process and design of products made from these materials. Design considerations associated with composite materials and new developments will also be covered.Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs. Lab 1 hr.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- AER 870 - Aerospace Engineering ThesisCourse DescriptionThe course is an optional elective course and is intended to provide the student with an opportunity for independent development through solo performance of a design/research project. There is no guarantee of admission to the course since the number of thesis topics is limited. Students considering enrollment in the course must have a CGPA of at least 3.00, and must have department consent. Interested students will select a project topic from a published list and make an application to the corresponding faculty member who will be responsible for advisement of engineering content. The nature of the projects will involve some aspect of the design of an aerospace related component, process or system. The student will submit a formal technical report and conduct an oral presentation both of which will be judged on technical and design content and on communication ability.Weekly Contact:Lab 4 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00