Introduction to Engineering: A Project-Based Experience in Engineering Methods: Includes USB Flash Drive

Post, Martiqua L./ Brandt, Steven A./ Barlow, D. Neal

ISBN 10: 1624104843 / ISBN 13: 9781624104848

Verlag: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 2017

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pck pap/ac edition. 317 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1624104843

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Introduction to Engineering: A Project-Based Experience in Engineering Methods: Includes USB Flash Drive
• Verlag: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1624104843
• ISBN-13: 9781624104848
• Bindung: Paperback
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Engineering is a project-based learning experience for engineering students, who are tasked with designing a hypersonic trans-atmospheric vehicle. This experience guides students through the same process that a team of engineers would follow by breaking a large design problem into smaller, more tractable subproblems. To help students understand the challenge they confront, a statement of work (SOW) specifies the requirements of a test vehicle they must design, build, demonstrate, and deliver, including vehicle performance capabilities and physical characteristics. After flying to the edge of space, the hypersonic trans-atmospheric vehicle slows down and glides back for a horizontal landing on the earth. Students study this second phase of the mission, learning about glider aerodynamics and performance, as well as the shaping required for hypersonic vehicles. Once more, they design, build, and launch a test vehicle. Test vehicles and the final concept demonstrator are subscale, model-rocket-sized vehicles, but they demonstrate the basic physics, techniques, and technologies required to design fullscale vehicles. Electronic course materials accompany the text and include narrated slideshows, handouts, spreadsheets, and videos that allow students to deepen their understanding of engineering concepts and provide them with the examples and tools needed to build their test vehicles. Students will develop knowledge of aerospace, mechanical, environmental, and electrical engineering as they work to ensure that test vehicles are strong, functional, safe, and environmentally friendly. By the end of this project-based learning experience, students will grasp the fundamental tenets of creative problem solving and discover the fascinating, challenging, and motivating world of engineering.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Martiqua L. Post, PhD, is Associate Professor of Aeronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. She holds a private pilot’s license, is an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and a member of the AIAA Applied Aeronautics Technical Committee.

Steven A. Brandt, PhD, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), is Professor of Aeronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. He is an engineer and a pilot with over 3000 hours’ flying time in jet fighter and training aircraft, and over 30 years’ experience as a platform instructor. He has taught the capstone aircraft design course at USAFA for 25 years and was a pioneer in the use of design/build/fly as an instructional method. He is author of the textbook Introduction to Aeronautics, and currently leads aircraft design projects for a number of government agencies and private corporations.

D. Neal Barlow, PhD, Brig. Gen. USAF (Ret.), is Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Arkansas Tech University. He served as Head, Department of Aeronautics, at the United States Air Force Academy from 2000-2015.