2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

324 Course Descriptions/Aerospace Engineering670. Turbulence Modeling. (3-0). Credit 3. Identification of physical features that render Navier-Stokesequation difficult to compute or model; includes Reynolds-averaged and filtered Navier-Stokes equationsfor unresolved stresses; development of closure models for pressure-strain correlation, dissipationand turbulent transport Reynolds; algebraic Reynolds stress modeling, Large Eddy Simulations (LES)and hybrid methods; validation and prediction studies. Prerequisites: AERO 640 and graduate classificationor approval of instructor.672. Perturbation Methods in Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3. Develop approximate solutions to algebraic,differential, and integral equations; analysis of nonlinear oscillations, nonlinear waves, and boundarylayers;emphasis on combined numerical/perturbations techniques and reducing Partial DifferentialEquation (PDE) to Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE). Prerequisites: Graduate classification inaerospace, mechanical or civil engineering.673. Boundary Layer Stability and Transition. (3-0). Credit 3. Analytical, numerical, and experimentalmethods for the stability of bounded shear flows; includes techniques for estimating transition to turbulenceand the control of transition through laminar flow control. Prerequisites: Graduate classificationand AERO 601, 602, or 603 or approval of instructor.674. Hypersonic Flow. (3-0). Credit 3. Theoretical formulation of hypersonic flow theory; techniques forhypersonic flowfield analysis; high temperature effects, including both equilibrium and nonequilibriumflows; classical and modern computational methods. Prerequisite: AERO 303 or equivalent.676. Aerothermochemistry. (3-0). Credit 3. Fundamentals of kinetic theory, chemical thermodynamicsand statistical mechanics; applications to high temperature chemically reacting equilibrium and nonequilibriumaerodynamic flows. Prerequisite: AERO 303 or equivalent.681. Seminar. (1-0). Credit 1. Selected research topics presented by the faculty, students and outside speakers.Prerequisite: Graduate classification.684. Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 4. Engineering research and design experience at government orindustry facilities away from the Texas A&M campus; design projects supervised by faculty coordinatorsand personnel at these locations; projects selected to match student’s area of specialization. Prerequisites:Graduate classification and approval of committee chair and department head.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 12 each semester. Special topics not within scope of thesis research andnot covered by other formal courses. Prerequisite: Graduate classification in aerospace engineering.689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of aerospace engineering. Maybe repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester. Technical research projects approved by departmenthead.The following courses are described in the section entitled Mechanics and Materials (MEMA) onpage 505 and are part of the curriculum in aerospace engineering.601. Theory of Elasticity. (3-0). Credit 3.602. Continuum Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3.604. Mathematical Foundations of Continuum Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3.605. Energy Methods. (3-0). Credit 3.606. Multifunctional Materials. (2-1). Credit 3.607. Flow and Fracture of Polymeric Solids. (3-0). Credit 3.608. Nanomechanics. (3-0). Credit 3.609. Materials Science. (3-0). Credit 3.610. Applied Polymer Science. (3-0). Credit 3.611. Fundamentals of Engineering Fracture Mechanics. (3-0). Credit 3.612. Wave Propagation in Isotropic and Anisotropic Solids. (3-0). Credit 3.613. Principles of Composite Materials. (3-0). Credit 3.614. Physical Phenomena in Materials. (3-0). Credit 3.616. Damage and Failure in Composite Materials. (3-0). Credit 3.619. Materials Modeling of Phase Transformation and Microstructural Evolution. (3-0). Credit 3.