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Aerospace Short Courses

Airplane Preliminary Design

March 5-9, 2012: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Instructor: Dr. Willem A.J. Anemaat
Description This course provides an overview of the design decision-making process and relation of design to manufacturing, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness. This course includes a demonstration of sizing methods using the Advanced Aircraft Analysis software. This course is applicable to jet transport, turbo-prop commuter transport, military and general aviation aircraft.
Target Audience Designed for aeronautical engineers, pilots with some engineering background, government research laboratory personnel, engineering managers and educators.
Fee: $2,395 Fee includes instruction, Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance by C. Edward Lan and Jan Roskam, Airplane Design, Parts I–VIII, Lessons Learned in Aircraft Design and Roskam’s Airplane War Stories, all by Jan Roskam, refreshments and five lunches. Course Outline & Registration

Airplane Flight Dynamics: Open and Closed Loop

October 15-19, 2012: California, Maryland
Instructor: Dr. Willem A.J. Anemaat
Description This course provides an overview of airplane static and dynamic stability and control theory and applications, classical control theory and applications to airplane control systems. This course includes a demonstration of stability and control methods using the Advanced Aircraft Analysis software.
Target Audience Designed for aeronautical, control system and simulator engineers, pilots with engineering background, government research laboratory personnel and educators.
Fee: $2,195 Includes instruction, Airplane Flight Dynamics and Automatic Flight Controls, I & II; Airplane Design IV, VI & VII; Roskam's Airplane Stories; Lessons Learned, refreshments and five lunches. Course Outline & Registration

Airplane Subsonic Wind Tunnel Testing and Aerodynamic Design

November 6-8, 2012: Orlando, Florida
Instructor: Dr. Willem A.J. Anemaat
Description This course deals with wind tunnel test specifics on how to set up a test, how to run tests, what is involved with testing from a test management and engineering point of view, how to design the test models and what it is used for in the aerodynamic design of airplanes. This course deals with data analysis and how to correct it to full-scale airplanes. This course includes a demonstration of wind tunnel correction factors using the Advanced Aircraft Analysis software.
Target Audience Aeronautical engineers, researchers, government research laboratory personnel, engineering managers and educators who are involved with research, development and design of subsonic aircraft or modifications to aircraft.
Fee: $1,795 Includes instruction, a course notebook, Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, third edition, by Jewel B. Barlow, William H. Rae, Jr., and Alan Pope, refreshments and three lunches. The course notes are for participants only and are not for sale. Course Outline & Registration