Aerospace Engineering Laboratory

Catalog description

Credits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours. Intermediate and advanced topics in instrumentation, signal conditioning, data acquisition analysis for aerospace-related measurements; emphasis on technical reporting and data presentation; measurements of materials strain, deformation, pressure, velocity and aerodynamic forces; experimental investigations of static and dynamic response of structures; use of nonintrusive optical techniques; uncertainty analysis; linear regression, Fourier transform and power spectra; tests for statistical significance; design of experiments. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ENGL 103 or ENGL 104 ; grade of C or better in AERO 222 , AERO 301 , AERO 304 , AERO 310 , ECEN 215 , or concurrent enrollment.