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Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's degree, or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

12 Hours

Course Duration

1 Month (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

2

Courses Offered In GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Propulsion

  • This course covers fundamental principles of mechanical and aeronautical engineering. It provides you with a deep understanding of all modes of aircraft and spacecraft propulsion.

  • 6 Credits

  • Gas Dynamics

  • This course makes use of spreadsheet programs, and contains unique procedures that have never appeared before in any gas dynamics course. Key topics include basic equations of compressible flow, wave propagation in compressible media, isentropic flow of a perfect gas, stationary and moving normal shock waves, oblique shock waves etc.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Propulsion

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The jet propulsion principle.
    Mechanics and thermodynamics of fluid flow.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Steady one-dimensional flow of a perfect gas.
    Boundary layer mechanics and heat transfer.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Thermodynamcis of aircraft jet engines.
    Aerodynamics of inlets, combustors, and nozzles.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Axial compressors.
    Axial turbines.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The centrifugal compressor.
    Performance of rocket vehicles.
    Chemical rocket thrust chambers.
    Chemical rocket propellants: combustion and expansion.
    Turbomachinery for liquid-propellant rockets.
    Electrical rocket propulsion.

Gas Dynamics

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Basic equations of compressible flow.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Wave propagation in compressible media.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Isentropic flow of a perfect gas.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Stationary normal shock waves.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Moving normal shock waves.
    Oblique shock waves.
    Pr and tl meyer flow.
    Applications involving shocks and expansion fans.
    Flow with friction.
    Flow with heat addition or heat loss.
    Computational gas dynamics.
    Special topics in gas dynamics.
    Measurement in compressible flow.