Courses

The stability and control of aerodynamic vehicles. The design of aircraft to obtain good flying characteristics. The complete governing equations and analog solutions of linearized equations.

Introduction to elasticity. Torsion, bending and shearing of thin-walled skin-stringer structures. Failure mechanisms. Buckling of beams and plates. Introduction to finite element analysis and composite structural analysis.

Design of tension, compression bending, torsion, and stiffened panel members. Analytical investigation involving aircraft structural components.

The principal objective of this course is to establish, develop, and refine capability in the integrated analysis and interdependency of aircraft systems.

Exposes students to intermediate structural components, aircraft systems, and power plants to supplement instruction received in flight training. This course goes beyond the basic level of knowledge taught in ground schools and enables the student to better diagnose and troubleshoot on ground and inflight emergencies.

Continues the study of aircraft technical publications found in the manufacturing and repair process. Research skills necessary to locate information in technical publications will be emphasized. Topics include: document control numbers, technical publications, instructional repair manuals, aircraft transport association (ATA) codes, technical orders, tech orders, tech order system, general tech order, aircraft specific, and industry specific manuals.

Focuses on varieties and methods of working with aircraft steel and the principles of soldering, silver soldering, gas arc and heliarc welding. Emphasizes gas welding of thin wall steel tubing.

Subsonic airfoil design and analysis, subsonic wing design and analysis, swept and delta wings, vortex lift, transonic flow methods, viscous transonic phenomena, transonic airfoil and wing design, optimization and advanced topics such as supersonic panel methods.

Introduction to the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC); overview of officership, officer opportunities and benefits, and DAF heritage and values and operations.

Continuation of AERS 101; introduction to the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC); overview of officership, officer opportunities and benefits, and DAF heritage and values and operations.