AERODYNAMICS LAB

ME 368

Theory of modern instrumentation, the design and execution of experiments and the analysis of experimental data. Laboratory provides direct experience with concepts in the context of experimental design for hypothesis testing, for product evaluation and for control system design.

EMA/ME 540

Application of digital data acquisition to the investigation of mechanical components, structures and systems using time histories, transforms and response functions to characterize free, forced and transient inputs. Introduction to sensors, instrumentation and methods appropriate for dynamic system response.

ME 573

Provides an in-depth introduction to the methods and analysis techniques used in computational solutions of fluid mechanics and heat transfer problems. Model problems are used to study the interaction of physical processes and numerical techniques. Contemporary methods for boundary layers, incompressible viscous flows, and inviscid compressible flows are studied. Finite differences and finite volume techniques are emphasized. Knowledge of programming language such as Python, C++, MATLAB or Java required.

EMA/ME 570

Experimental methods for design and analysis of mechanical components, structures and materials. Electrically and optically recorded stress, strain and deformation data; computer acquisition/reduction/presentation techniques; applications to static and transient events, sensors, transducer design, NDT, fracture and residual stresses.

EMA 421

Potential flow theory; stream functions; vortex filaments and sheets. Two- and three-dimensional wing theory. Doublet and panels methods. Propeller theory. Was E M A 521 prior to Fall 2026.