Hi, everyone, and welcome to this first class on the East Coast in aeronautical engineering.
We'll start by discussing in terms of an introduction of the different elements that you will see in
this class.
So first of all, what is aeronautical engineering?
So it is is the study of aerospace, vehicle engineering and design.
OK, so any kind of aircraft in general, you have different, you know, key points such as propulsion
and engine design, aerospace dynamics and control, including robotics, avionics systems, all of
which is electronic and design, advanced lightweight materials for the different parts, the different
key elements of the aircraft itself.
And of course, you also have a lot of, you know, people, aerospace engineers who are working on
aerospace computational engineering, which is related to fluid dynamics and the study of optimization
of the different elements and different keys of an aircraft.
So in this case, in this course, we will be centering our attention, focusing OK into aerospace,
vehicle engineering and design.
What this means is that we will see and we will discuss some of these topics, but we will especially
be paying attention to the design itself and the structure and the vehicle engineering.
OK.
So as you can imagine, and as you probably know, an aircraft is it can be defined in a lot of ways.
So the first type of aircraft that you have to mind that you take into account is the fixed wing aircraft,
which is this kind of aircraft.
It's a normal airplane.
So it is composed by these different elements, which are key to our study.
OK, you have the fuselage, you have the wings.
Of course, you have different control surfaces which are on the tail, OK, on the insurance, for
instance, all the different elements of the of the aircraft for it to rotate, for it to perform different
maneuvers.
You have the propulsion.
So this is the engines of the aircraft.
Also, we have the tail and all of the key elements in the tail for stabilization of the aircraft,
for instance.
And we also have some many other components, such as the different systems in the aircraft.
I don't know, the landing gear, different kind of elements, OK, which are important to fixed wing
aircraft.
So in this course, what we will do is actually make a brief introduction of what an airplane is, what
it looks like, the different elements.
OK, then we will go into classification of different types of aircraft and their purpose, if they
are general aviation, if they're military, etc., then we will study and focus quite a lot in aerodynamics
and how an aircraft actually operates.
Then we will go to structure and materials, different elements of an aircraft.
We will discuss also jet engines and how they work and why they are able to operate in the conditions
and get the amount of thrust which is required for an aircraft.
OK, also we will be discussing flight mechanics and the different components of the aircraft and how
they relate to their maneuvers and rotations and all that we need for for an aircraft performance,
which is related to the different key elements, such as weights such as stability, such as the range
which is able to do an aircraft.
This is kind of more professionally oriented aspect of performance.
And finally, we will discuss some systems which are present on the aircraft.
So as you can see, the idea of this course is actually to get a brief idea of all the concepts which
are related to space to our aircraft engineering.
As always, if you have any doubts, if you want to get more insight into one of the topics for your
own purposes, just contact me, feel free to contact me, and I will make sure to provide to you some
additional information in whatever you are looking for.
OK, so let's go to the next class.