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Aircraft Systems Engineering

Subjects: Engineering · Management · Project Management

Art: Claude Louis Desrais, Montgolfiere 1783, 18th… · Public domain

Instructors: Earll Murman, Prof. John Hansman, Prof. Robert Liebeck, Allen Haggerty
Term: Fall 2004
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 51 other files · 4 web pages
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Murman, E. M., and T. Allen. “Engineering Systems: An Aircraft Perspective”.PDF Download

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Aircraft Systems Engineering

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Lecture 1: Introduction to Course and to the Aircraft as a System

Lecture 2: Lean System Engineering I

Lecture 3: Lifecycle Considerations

Lecture 4: Cost and Financial Analysis

Lecture 5: Introduction to Aircraft Performance and Static Stability Aerodynamics Primer

Lecture 6: Transport Aircraft Performance I

Lecture 7: Transport Aircraft Performance II

Lecture 8: Environmental Factors: Noise and Emissions

Lecture 9: An Airline Viewpoint

Lecture 10: Reliability and Maintenance

Lecture 11: The Space Shuttle - A Case Study

Lecture 12: Propulsion, Fuel, Accessory Systems

Lecture 13: Life Support, Environmental, Accessory Systems

Lecture 14: Flight Deck

Lecture 15: Avionics, Air Data, Communications

Lecture 16: Flight Controls

Lecture 17: Electrical, Hydraulic, Pneumatic

Lecture 18: Structural System

Lecture 19: System Architecting for Safety

Lecture 20: Commercial Aircraft System Verification, Validation and Certification

Lecture 21: Lean System Engineering II

Lecture 22: Military Aircraft System Verification, Validation, Certification

Lecture 23: Risk Analysis and Management and Uncertainty

Lecture 24: Case Study Oral Presentations

Lecture 25: Trip to Sikorsky in Stratford, Connecticut