Aerospace engineering/Areas of study

General Prerequisites

• Basic mathematics - differentials, integrals, basic mechanics, vector algebra, matrices and matrix manipulation, total derivative (for mass and momentum equations, among others)
  • Calculus (Wikibook)
  • Differential Equations (Wikibook)
• Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer - Zereoth, First, Second and Third Laws, Enthalpy, Entropy, Clausius Inequality and ??, Steady State Equation, Modelling Gas Turbines/Engines, Conduction, Convection, Radiation (Black body, Grey Body)
  • Engineering Thermodynamics (Wikibook)
• Circuits/Electronics
• Physics - Forces, Gravity Equation
  • Gravity (Wikibook)

Statics

• Structural analysis
• Mechanics - Friction on a surface, Rolling bodies, Stability, Pure/Damped/Forced Harmonic Motion, Orbits (reaching orbit, geostationary point, changing orbit, escape velocity)
  • Solid Mechanics (Wikibook)

Fluid mechanics

• Aerodynamics - Derivation of shear stress on a fluid, perfect gas equation, Bernoulli equation, Langrangian and Eulerian reference frames, control volumes and control surfaces, Conservation of mass up to 3-d, balance of momentum equations up to 3-d, Aerofoils, Circulation, Mach number & Reynolds Number, laminar and turbulent flow, Propulsion & Turbomachinery

Wikibooks

• Aerodynamics
• Jet Propulsion
• Rocket Propulsion

Aircraft Structures Basic strength of materials Basic aircraft structures Advanced aircraft structures Structural analysis Recent Topics

Aircraft Systems Flight control systems Electrical power system Hydraulic systems Flight control actuation systems Fuel system Airsystem Landing gear

Materials Science

• Material classes - Metals, Ceramics, Composites, Polymers, Ionic and Covalents
• Material microstructure
• Properties of materials - Strength, Stiffness, Young's Modulus, Elasiticity and Modulus of Elasticity, Hardness, Toughness, Electrical Properties?
• Materials selection
• Material processes - Annealing, Quenching, Precipitation Hardening, Case Hardening
• Failure - Fatigue, Creep, Fracture, Case studies (aircraft)
• Composites - matrix and fibers, explanation of directional properties, case studies (carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass)

Wikibook

• Material Science

Aircraft Design

• Basic aircraft performance - Air density at altitudes, Perfect Gas equation,
• Dynamics and control - Control Surfaces,

Aviation engines

• Hydraulic gas dynamics - characteristics of gas flowing through
• Theory of impeler machines - profiling blades of compressor and turbine, multi-stage compressor and multi-stage turbine
• Theory of jet engines - modeling turbojet engines
• Construction of jet engines

Computational fluid dynamics Introduction to fluid dynamics Principles of fluid dynamics Solver Types Grid Generation

Aeroelasticity Introduction aeroelasticity Static aeroelasticity Dynamic aeroelasticity Flight testing

Rover design

• Rover Mission Analysis and Design