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Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics365AEM 621 Boundary Layer Theory I. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ME 621.Development of basic boundary layer equations and concepts. Classical incompressibleso lu tions for laminar boundary layer, approximate solutions, and concepts of turbulence.AEM 622 Boundary Layer Theory II. (3-0) Three hours. Same as ME 622/AEM 622.Turbulent boundary layer theory; compressible boundary layer theory including shockinteraction and heating effects; selected topics.AEM 624 Hypersonic Flow Theory. (3-0) Three hours.Nonlinear treatment of com press ible fl ow, linearized theory, methods for blunt bodies,blast wave theory, numerical methods, and hypersonic wind tunnels.AEM 625 Computational Fluid Dynamics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: AEM 579.Analyses of aerodynamic fl ow problems using a digital computer.AEM 628 Molecular Aerothermodynamics. (3-0) Three hours.Understanding gas fl ows and reactions by de vel op ing gas properties from an analysisof molecular interactions.AEM 630 Continuum Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.Cartesian tensors applied to develop concepts of stress and deformation in continua.Equations of motion resulting from Newton’s laws, con sti tu tive laws for particular solids,and boundary value prob lems in stress analysis and stability.AEM 635 Finite-Element Method in Engineering Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: MATH 238 and AEM 250, or per mis sion of the instructor.Finite-element formulations in the areas of solid mechanics, fl uid mechanics, and heatconduction; isoparametric elements; assembly process; solution of stiffness equations;and convergence of results.AEM 637 Theory of Elasticity. (3-0) Three hours.Corequisite: GES 551.Equations of linear elasticity, principal stresses and strains, stress and displacementpotentials, energy principles, and nu mer i cal methods. Boundary value problems ofelasticity.AEM 638 Introduction to Experimental Me chan ics. (2-3) Three hours.Theory and application of electrical resistance strain gauges for stress analysis andfor use as trans duc ers. Study of circuits and instruments used for strain measurement.Theory and application of photoelasticity for measurement of stress. Fun da men tals ofservohydraulic testing.AEM 639 Aircraft Shell Structures. (3-0) Three hours.Theoretical analysis of plane and curved web shell structures. Diagonal tension, shearlag, multi-stringer cells, and cutouts. Theoretical analyses are correlated with availableex per i men tal evidence to obtain the most effective use of the combined knowledge forpractical applications.AEM 640 Advanced Topics in Continuum Me chan ics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: AEM 630.Kinematics of fi nite deformation; principles of me chan ics; principles of frame indifferenceand ob jec tiv i ty; theory of viscoelasticity; creep and viscoplastic model; and applicationsin large deformation.AEM 641 Applied Elasticity. (3-0) Three hours.Structural analysis as a unifi ed theory based on the principle of virtual displacements.Minimal principles of structural theory and applications to beam columns, sandwich-typebeams, and cables; the Rayleigh-Ritz method, Galerkin’s method, and trigonometricseries solutions.AEM 642 Structural Behavior of Flight Vehicle Configurations. (3-0) Three hours.Application of classical and modern numerical methods for predicting the strength, stability,and stiffness of typical aerospace structures. Includes treatment of stiffened plate andshell structures, com pos ite materials, and determination of postbuckled confi gurationsfor selected geometries.
366 The University of AlabamaAEM 643 Selected Topics in Structural Analysis. (3-0) Three hours.Selected topics in nonlinear static and dynamic stability of elastic and inelastic structures.Advanced numerical techniques of solution for large systems of differential, integral, andalgebraic equations governing the linear and nonlinear behavior of struc tures.AEM 644 Engineering Fracture Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: GES 554 and AEM 637.Linear elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. Fracture analysis using Griffi th’scriterion, stress intensity factors, CTOD methods, and the J-Integral.AEM 645 Advanced Finite-Element Methods in Engineering Mechanics. (3-0) Threehours.Prerequisite: AEM 635.Basic concepts, reduced integration with hourglass control, Navier-Stokes equations,eigenvalue prob lems, beam and plate elements, time integration, adaptive methods,nonlinear solid mechanics. Fa mil iar iza tion with general purpose codes.AEM 646 Theory of Plates and Shells. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: AEM 635 and AEM 637.Linear and nonlinear theories of plates and shells, analytic solutions of rectangular, circularplates and cylindrical shells and shells of revolution. Application of fi nite-elementmethod to plates and shells.AEM 648 Theory of Plasticity. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: AEM 637.Fundamentals of inelastic behavior of solids. Basic stress-strain relations for plasticaction, yield criteria of metals, plastic instability, and slip-line fi eld theory. Applicationsto axial, fl exural, torsional, and cy lin dri cal ly symmetric loads.AEM 649 Fatigue Analysis. (3-0) Three hours.Presentation of the strain life and fracture mechanics approaches to fatigue analysis.Review of damage parameters, mean stress effects, and cycle counting methods foruniaxial and multiaxial loading.AEM 653 Variational Meth ods in Mechanics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: GES 554.Survey of variational principles and methods in me chan ics.AEM 655 Advanced Composite Materials. (3-0) Three hours.Advanced topics in composite materials, including theories of linear orthotropic elasticity,micro-mechanics of composites, nano-composites, and sandwich structures.AEM 663 Chaotic Dynamics. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: GES 551.Phase space concepts of nonlinear systems; equi lib ri um points, limit cycles, and strangeattractors; chaotic behavior, Lyapunov exponents, and fractal dimension.AEM 665 Advanced Structural Dynamics. (2-3) Three hours.Theoretical and ex per i men tal methods for the dynamic analysis of structures.AEM 667 Astrodynamics II. (3-0) Three hours.Transfer orbits, orbital perturbations, multiple body problems, numerical treatments ofn-body problems, propulsion, and powered system dynamics.AEM 668 Advanced Dynamics of Flight. (3-0) Three hours.Analysis of the rigid body dynamic motions of an aircraft; response of an airplane to actuationof controls; introduction to automatic control and stability; introduction to vehiclesimulation by digital computer.AEM 669 Principles of Guidance and Navigation. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisite: AEM 368 or AEM 566.Gyroscopes as aircraft attitude indicating devices and as components of inertial nav i -ga tion systems; Newton’s laws applied in various rotating and fi xed reference framesused in guidance and navigation; space integrator and Schuler tuning; local geographiccoordinate navigation for aircraft; semi-analytic nav i ga tion for missile guid ance; andanalytic (strap down) guidance systems.AEM 670 Advanced Vibrations. (3-0) Three hours.Prerequisites: MATH 238 and AEM 264.Vibrations of multiple-degree-of-freedom and elastic continuous systems; application ofHamilton’s prin ci ple; Lagrange’s equations; and fi nite-element meth od.
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