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Fall 2020
May 03, 2024
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AAE 20300 - Aeromechanics I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamental concepts and principles of bodies in motion, with applications to aeronautical and astronautical problems. Subjects covered include rectilinear motion, curvilinear motion, rotation, and plane motion. The static equilibrium and quasistatic equilibrium situations are treated as a part of motion in which the acceleration is zero. Problems involving impact, separation, work, and energy are considered. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours

Syllabus Available
Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional
Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture
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Offered By: School of Aero and Astro Engr
Department: Aeronautics & Astronautics

Course Attributes:
Lower Division

May be offered at any of the following campuses:     
      West Lafayette

Learning Outcomes: 1. Compute velocities and accelerations for any type of motion. 2. Compute angular velocities and accelerations of rigid bodies. 3. Model forces and apply Newton's Laws in particle dynamic problems. 4. Model forces and solve general statics of bodies problems.


Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Colleges:     
      School of Aero and Astro Engr
      School of Biomedical Engr
      School of Civil Engineering
      School of Chemical Engineering
      Construction Engineering Mgmt
      First Year Engineering
      School of Elec & Computer Engr
      School of Engineering Educ
      Div of Environ & Ecol Engr
      School of Interdisciplnry Engr
      School of Industrial Engr
      School of Mechanical Engr
      School of Materials Engr
      School of Nuclear Engineering
      School of Agr and Bio Engr

Prerequisites:
(Undergraduate level PHYS 17200 Minimum Grade of D- or (Undergraduate level PHYS 16200 Minimum Grade of D- and Undergraduate level PHYS 16300 Minimum Grade of D-) or Undergraduate level ENGR 16200 Minimum Grade of D-) and (Undergraduate level MA 26100 Minimum Grade of D- [may be taken concurrently] or Undergraduate level MATH 26100 Minimum Grade of D- [may be taken concurrently] or Undergraduate level MA 26300 Minimum Grade of D- [may be taken concurrently] or Undergraduate level MA 17200 Minimum Grade of D- [may be taken concurrently] or Undergraduate level MA 18200 Minimum Grade of D- [may be taken concurrently] or Undergraduate level MA 27101 Minimum Grade of D- [may be taken concurrently] or Undergraduate level MA 17400 Minimum Grade of D- [may be taken concurrently])

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