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03/28/2025 at 08:30 PM
ENAE481
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Principles of Aircraft Design
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Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENAE324, ENAE362, and ENAE432.
Corequisite: ENAE414.
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Aerospace program; or permission of ENGR-Aerospace Engineering department.
Aircraft design principles blending both synthesis and analysis. The iterative nature of the design process. Applied aerodynamics. Elements of aircraft performance calculation and optimization. Design of aircraft including payload, crew and avionics provisions, propulsion selection and sizing, aerodynamic configuration optimization, mass properties, stability and control characteristics, and vehicle subsystems. Individual student projects in aircraft design.
Restricted to students in the Vertical Flight Society Helicopter Design Competition and requires permission of the instructor to enroll.
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0101
Dominic Palumbo
Seats (Total: 45, Open: 44, Waitlist: 0 )
Bookstore
MWF 2:00pm - 2:50pm
CHE 2118
0201
Sung Lee
Seats (Total: 20, Open: 20, Waitlist: 0 )
Bookstore
TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
CHE 2140
Restricted to students on the Design, Build, Fly team and requires permission from the department to enroll.
0301
Vengalattore Nagaraj
Seats (Total: 10, Open: 10, Waitlist: 0 )
Bookstore
TuTh 2:00pm - 3:15pm
EGR 3111
Restricted to students in the Vertical Flight Society Helicopter Design Competition and requires permission of the instructor to enroll. Membership of Vertical Flight Society is not necessary to enroll in the class.