Sunday 27 July 2008

Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at MIT

Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering

By:
Arip Nurahman
Department of Physics
Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Indonesia University of Education

and

Follower Open Course Ware at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, USA
Department of Physics
http://web.mit.edu/physics/
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/index.htm
&
Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering
http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Aeronautics-and-Astronautics/index.htm

Professors, students, and researchers come to MIT from all corners of the globe to explore their passion for air and space travel and to advance the technologies and vehicles that make such travel possible.

We build on our long tradition of scholarship and research to develop and implement reliable, safe, economically feasible, and environmentally responsible air and space travel.

Our industry contributions and collaborations are extensive. We have graduated more astronauts than any other private institution in the world. Nearly one-third of our current research collaborations are with MIT faculty in other departments, and approximately one-half are with non-MIT colleagues in professional practice, government agencies, and other universities. We work closely with scientists and scholars at NASA, Boeing, the U.S. Air Force, Stanford University, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Our educational programs are organized around three overlapping areas:

Aerospace information engineering

Focuses on real-time, safety-critical systems with humans-in-the-loop. Core disciplines include autonomy, software, communications, networks, controls, and human-machine and human-software interaction.

Aerospace systems engineering

Explores the central processes in the creation, implementation, and operation of complex socio-technical engineering systems. Core disciplines include system architecture and engineering, simulation and modeling, safety and risk management, policy, economics, and organizational behavior.

Aerospace vehicles engineering

Addresses the engineering of air and space vehicles, their propulsion systems, and their subsystems. Core disciplines include fluid and solid mechanics, thermodynamics, acoustics, combustion, controls, computation, design, and simulation.

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics links

Visit the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics home page at:
http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/www/

Review the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics curriculum at:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/resources/curriculum/index.htm#16

Learn more about MIT Engineering:
http://engineering.mit.edu/

Available Courses

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Undergraduate Courses

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
16.00	Introduction to Aerospace Engineering and Design	Spring 2003
16.01	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.02	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.03	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.04	Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV	Fall 2005
16.050	Thermal Energy	Fall 2002
16.06	Principles of Automatic Control	Fall 2003
16.07	Dynamics	Fall 2004
16.100	Aerodynamics	Fall 2005
16.20	Structural Mechanics	Fall 2002
16.21	Techniques for Structural Analysis and Design	Spring 2005
16.30	Estimation and Control of Aerospace Systems	Spring 2004
16.36	Communication Systems Engineering	Spring 2003
16.410	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.413	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.61	Aerospace Dynamics	Spring 2003
16.621	Experimental Projects I	Spring 2003
16.622	Experimental Projects II	Fall 2003
16.652	Inventions and Patents	Fall 2005
16.653	Management in Engineering	Fall 2004
16.682	Prototyping Avionics	Spring 2006
16.810	Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping	January (IAP) 2005
16.810	Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping	January (IAP) 2007
16.812	The Aerospace Industry	Spring 2004
16.83X	Space Systems Engineering	Spring 2002
16.901	Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering	Spring 2005

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Graduate Courses

MIT Course #	Course Title	Term
16.120	Compressible Flow	Spring 2003
16.13	Aerodynamics of Viscous Fluids	Fall 2003
16.225	Computational Mechanics of Materials	Fall 2003
16.230J	Plates and Shells	Spring 2007
16.31	Feedback Control Systems	Fall 2007
16.322	Stochastic Estimation and Control	Fall 2004
16.323	Principles of Optimal Control	Spring 2006
16.333	Aircraft Stability and Control	Fall 2004
16.337J	Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems	Fall 2003
16.355J	Software Engineering Concepts	Fall 2005
16.358J	System Safety	Spring 2005
16.37J	Data Communication Networks	Fall 2002
16.394J	Infinite Random Matrix Theory	Fall 2004
16.399	Random Matrix Theory and Its Applications	Spring 2004
16.410	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.412J	Cognitive Robotics	Spring 2005
16.413	Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making	Fall 2005
16.422	Human Supervisory Control of Automated Systems	Spring 2004
16.423J	Aerospace Biomedical and Life Support Engineering	Spring 2006
16.512	Rocket Propulsion	Fall 2005
16.522	Space Propulsion	Spring 2004
16.540	Internal Flows in Turbomachines	Spring 2006
16.72	Air Traffic Control	Fall 2006
16.75J	Airline Management	Spring 2006
16.76J	Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods	Fall 2004
16.76J	Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods	Fall 2006
16.77J	Airline Schedule Planning	Spring 2003
16.851	Satellite Engineering	Fall 2003
16.852J	Integrating the Lean Enterprise	Fall 2005
16.862	Engineering Risk-Benefit Analysis	Spring 2007
16.863J	System Safety	Spring 2005
16.881	Robust System Design	Summer 1998
16.885J	Aircraft Systems Engineering	Fall 2004
16.885J	Aircraft Systems Engineering	Fall 2005
16.886	Air Transportation Systems Architecting	Spring 2004
16.888	Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization	Spring 2004
16.891J	Space Policy Seminar	Spring 2003
16.892J	Space System Architecture and Design	Fall 2004
16.895J	Engineering Apollo: The Moon Project as a Complex System	Spring 2007
16.89J	Space Systems Engineering	Spring 2007
16.910J	Introduction to Numerical Simulation (SMA 5211)	Fall 2003
16.920J	Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (SMA 5212)	Spring 2003
16.940J	Computational Geometry	Spring 2003
16.985J	Proseminar in Manufacturing	Fall 2005

Lebih Fokus lagi.

1. Introduction to Aerospace Engineering and Design

Syllabus

This syllabus include information on the topics covered, texts used, and the rules and policies of the course.

Prerequisites

8.01 and 18.01

Course Requirements

Textbook

Dava Newman. Interactive Aerospace Engineering and Design. McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Class Participation

Your questions and comments are extremely valuable. Since the lecture material is available ahead of time from the textbook and on the Web, there will be more time in lecture to discuss (in seminar style) the material rather than spending the entire 90 minutes copying the lecture notes from a blackboard. Discussions during class time are highly encouraged to fill gaps in the lecture material, to guide the pace of the class, and for you to enquire about the meaning, relevance, and importance of lecture material.

Portfolio

Students are required to compile a portfolio containing notes, brainstorming ideas, concepts, sketches and final designs. This comprehensive notebook, or Personal Design Portfolio (PDP), is due toward the end of the term (See syllabus). A recommended template is provided for developing your PDP (See CD-ROM). The intent is to promote good note taking habits as an aid to understanding the material, to put your creativity down on paper and the computer, to help me assess what you are picking up in the lectures, and to grade your individual contributions to your design teams. In sum, the PDP presents a concise snapshot of what you learn throughout the entire semester and emphasizes your individual contributions.

Problem Sets

All assignments are given on the syllabus homepage. Homework assignments include traditional problems, thought problems, design problems and Web-based presentations (Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR).

Lighter-than-Air (LTA) Vehicle Design Project

Teams of 5-6 students each would design, build, and race a remote controlled, lighter-than-air vehicle. The teams compete in their ability to carry the largest payload around a specified course in the minimum amount of time. The designs are judged on their equivalent mass/time. LTA vehicles are also judged in the categories of most reliable and most aesthetic designs. All designs are constrained to have a gross mass of less than 1.75 kg. A project kit is provided consisting of radio control equipment, batteries, balloons, electric motors, and construction materials.

Grading

Performance will be evaluated on the basis of class participation, reading summaries, problem sets, personal design portfolio submissions, and the LTA vehicle design project. There will be no tests or final exam. The final grade for the course will be calculated approximately as follows:

Problem Sets and Reading Summaries 30%
Student Personal Design Portfolio 15%
LTA Design Project 45% (including PDR, CDR, Trials and Race)
Attendance, Participation, General Evaluation 10%

Problem Set Solutions

Solutions will be posted one week after problem sets are due.

Handouts

There will be occasional handouts in lectures. It is expected that regular attendance in lecture will offer the opportunity to pick up these handouts.
A Note on Submission of Work

The manner in which you present your work can be just as important (and in some cases more so) than the final answer. Be sure to delineate each step along the way. Show a clear and logical approach to your solution. That makes your problem sets a better reference to you and easier for us to give you partial credit (if so deserving).

2. Unified Engineering I, II, III, & IV

Syllabus

Summary

Unified Engineering is the sophomore-level engineering course taken by every undergraduate who joins the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. Many different engineering fields are introduced in a unified format, so that the systemic nature of aerospace engineering can be illustrated. Students who complete two semesters of Unified Engineering learn that even small changes to an aerospace design carry implications for the entire system.

Logistics

Unified Engineering is itself a complex system. It employs many different activities, pedagogies and technologies. The goals, requirements and logistics of the course are summarized below:

Unified Engineering Course Facts (PDF)

Learning Objectives

All courses taught in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics disclose a set of learning objectives and measurable outcomes. Learning objectives describe the expected level of proficiency with syllabus topics that a student should attain. To complement the learning objectives, measurable outcomes describe specific ways in which students may be expected to demonstrate such proficiency. Major syllabus topics for each discipline are organized into learning objectives in the table below. The abbreviations provided below are used throughout the course site to refer to the various disciplines.

Learning objectives table.
DISCIPLINES	ABBREVIATIONS	LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Computers and Programming	C	16.01-02, Fall (PDF)
Fluid Mechanics	F	16.01-04, Fall-Spring (PDF)
Materials and Structures	M	16.01-04, Fall-Spring (PDF)
Signals and Systems	S	16.01-02, Fall (PDF) 16.03-04, Spring (PDF)
Systems and Labs	S/L	16.01-02, Fall (PDF)
Thermodynamics Propulsion	T P	16.01-02, Fall (PDF) 16.03-04, Spring (PDF)
Unified Concepts	U

Discipline Section Organization

Each discipline in Unified Engineering is presented on a separate section of the course site. In order to maintain organization and consistency across the sections, the content has been organized into the discipline tables with the following standard column headings:

Lec #

Lecture number. Refer to the calendar section for more details on how each lecture session fits into the overall course schedule.

Topics

Summary of main topics covered during the lecture session. Lecture notes or slides from each lecture are linked here.

Concept Questions

Multiple choice questions posed to students throughout the lecture session. Students register a response using a Personal Response System ("PRS") transmitter. Questions are typically designed to evaluate conceptual understanding, and to be completed in 1-5 minutes. Faculty can see the class' results immediately.

Muddy Points

Responses to "Muddiest Part of the Lecture" cards. At the end of each lecture, students are asked to spend 5 minutes thinking about which of the topics presented was least clear. They write them on index cards and submit them as they leave. Faculty review and respond to "Muddy Points" in the next lecture and/or online.

Readings

Reading assignments for the lecture. These may be from published textbooks, or linked resources. For some disciplines, the instructor's notes are assigned as readings to be completed before the lecture, so they are linked in this column. Optional readings appear in parentheses, e.g., sec. 1.1-1.4, (1.5).

Assignments / Solutions

Work to be completed by students. Each lecture has one associated problem. The problem and its solution are linked in both the section table and in the assignments section. Systems and Labs assignments, or "Systems Problems", are larger in scope than individual problem set problems, and may be project-based or lab-based.