Lecture Notes

L = Lecture

Ses # TOPICS
1 L1: Introduction to Design (de Weck) (PDF)

L2: Hand Sketching (Wallace)
2 L3: Airfoil Analysis, Xfoil Tutorial (Drela) (PDF)

L4: CAD Modeling, SolidWorks® Tutorial (de Weck) (PDF)
3 L5: Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)-FEM (de Weck) (PDF)

L6: Design Optimization (de Weck) (PDF)
4 L7: Guest Lecture: Bill Taylor (ArvinMeritor)

L8: Introduction to CAM (de Weck, Col. Young) (PDF)
5 L9: Structural Testing (de Weck) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
6 L10: Wind Tunnel Testing (Perdichizzi)
  Testing - Wind Tunnel Test
7 Preparation for the Final Review
8 L11: Guest Lectures: Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski, NASA (PDF)

Dr. David Chang, GM (PDF)

Critical Design Review (CDR)