Aerospace Design Laboratory I

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, two hours; laboratory, four hours; outside study, six hours. Requisites: courses 105A, 150A, 157 or 157W, 171A. Limited to seniors. First in two-course aerospace engineering capstone design series. Study of aerodynamics, trajectory analysis, propulsion, computational fluid dynamics, flight control, and instrumentation. Students work in teams to begin their two-term design project. Laboratory modules include structures, trajectory analysis, aerodynamics, propulsion, and sensors. Letter grading.