Conference Session

Approaches to Emerging Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Dane Johnston, St. Louis University; Wesley Karmazin, St. Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

"stdio.h"#include "math.h"// Declaration of variablesdouble AR;double Mach = 0.158;double RHO = 0.002378; //Slugs/ft^3double h_initial, h;double delta_elevator, alpha, alpha_initial;double a = 1116.45; //(ft/min);double k;double gust;double CL, CD, CM, CL_alpha, CD_alpha, CM_alpha, CMq, CM_alpha_dot;double CL0, CM0, CD0, CM0_wing, CM0_tail, CM0_fuselage ;double CL_delta_elevator, CM_delta_elevator;//double CDu, CLu;// Forces and Moments:double L, Lx, Lz, M, D, Dx, Dz, thrust;double W, m, g; // Weight of aircraftdouble Ix, Iy, Iz, Ixz; // Moments of Inertiadouble Q, S, b, c; // Dynamic rpessure, Planform Area, span and mean Chorddouble X_cg; // Location of Center of Gravity//velocities, angular rates and anglesdouble Vtrue_initial, Vtrue,ub

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

the paucity of computing resources in the undergraduatecurriculum, we emphasized derivation of simplified analytical solutions, and extensive problem-solving using paper and pencil to assimilate analysis methods. Space studies were spread acrossdepartments of engineering science, mechanics, thermal sciences and physics. This fit well withthe demands of graduate curricula and research programs.Table 1 shows the compression in the fluid dynamics/ aerodynamics portion of the curriculumsince the mid 1980s. The second column indicates the number of hours allotted to this subjectarea, with Q denoting Quarter and S Semester. Column 3 compares the number of equivalentsemester hours. The last column is subjective, indicating the breadth of the content