Minor Programme 2 Aerospace Analysis and Development

1. Minor Programme 2Aerospace Analysis and Development

2. Akke Suiker • Associate Professor and Acting Chair of Engineering Mechanics • Lecturer of • - Vibrations of Aerospace Structures (2nd year) • - Statics (1st year) • Supervisor of MSc and PhD projects • - Strength and ductility of advanced metals • - Microscale cracking in thermal barrier coating systems • - Fracture and delamination in laminates • Coordinator of minor 2

3. Prediction of fracture behaviour • Prediction of fracture behaviour • Morphing plane • Prediction of fracture behaviour • Morphing plane • Analysis of flow properties • Prediction of fracture behaviour • Morphing plane • Analysis of flow properties • Development of flight simulator R&D aspects of Aerospace Engineering

4. Objectives • Get in touch with formal tools • Methods • Formulations • Models • Learn how to choose the proper tool • Awake the skills required to develop new tools Engineering Innovation

5. Courses • Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics • Constitutive Modelling in Aerospace Engineering • Aerospace Systems and Control Theory • Modern Materials for Aerospace Applications • Partial Differential Equations I • Systems Engineering and Technical Management Techniques

6. Solution of differential equations • Introduction to numerical methods • Finite differences, finite volumes, finite elements • Time integration • Introduction to numerical methods • Finite differences, finite volumes, finite elements • Time integration • Analysis of flow • Introduction to numerical methods • Finite differences, finite volumes, finite elements • Time integration • Analysis of flow • Analysis of structures Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics • Introduction to numerical methods • Finite differences, finite volumes, finite elements

7. Basic relations between force and deformation • Basic relations between force and deformation • Failure of solids • Basic relations between force and deformation • Failure of solids • Viscous flows Constitutive modelling in Aerospace Engineering • Basic relations between force and deformation • Failure of solids • Viscous flows • Turbulence • Basic relations between force and deformation • Failure of solids • Viscous flows • Turbulence • Boundary layers

8. Aerospace Systems and Control Theory • Introduction to control theory • Description of aerospace control systems • Applications

9. Modern Materials for Aerospace Applications • Innovation in materials and material technology • Active participation of students to define new developments • Possible participation in “Young Wild Ideas in Materials” programme

10. Partial Differential Equations I • Solution methods for equations of physics • Heat equation • Wave equation • Boundary conditions • Insight into the mathematics of boundary value problems

11. Systems engineering and Technical Management Techniques • Systems theory • Engineering project management • Risk assessment • Indispensable for Design Synthesis Exercise

12. Why would you choose Minor 2? • Why did you choose Aerospace Engineering? • Good in math and physics • Social relevance • Meaningful applications • Interested in getting to know the driving processes? • Interested in innovation rather than traditional design? Then you should choose Minor 2