
Explore aircraft design, lift and drag, and turbofan engine operation, while reviewing airports, airlines, and airspace concepts essential to aerospace engineering.
Classify aircraft into commercial, general aviation, and military, emphasizing efficiency, payload, and reliability. Compare mid-range and long-range models such as A320, 737, 787, A350, 777, 747, and A380.
Explore how lift, weight, thrust, and drag interact in airplane flight, depending on velocity and wing surface, to achieve equilibrium where lift equals weight and thrust equals drag.
Explore how airfoil geometry, angle of attack, and velocity shape lift and drag, using concepts like coefficient of lift, camber line, and pressure differences.
Explore jet engine operation, from intake, compression, and combustion to turbine and nozzle, and understand how thrust arises from mass flow and exhaust velocity, including turbofan and turboprop configurations.
Analyze airline descriptions and business models, from demand-driven profits in passenger and cargo travel to cost structures like aircraft purchases and maintenance, contrasting traditional and low-cost models.
Examine how airports function as aerodromes for commercial transport, with regulations guiding runway design and terminals. See how control towers coordinate movements and terminals separate departures and arrivals for safety.
The Aerospace Engineering: Airplanes, Airlines and Airports Course is a multidisciplinary course where you will study aerodynamics, mechanics and engineering of Airplanes, the Operation of Airlines and Airports and what Aerospace Engineering looks like Today. My intention is that you get a good overview to what Aerospace Engineering is Today, focusing on Aircraft Design and Dynamics but also getting a complete insight into Airlines and Airports.
The structure of the Course is the following:
Introduction
Classification of Airplanes
Airplane Engineering
Airline Models
Airports
We will discuss topics such as Aircraft types, Flight Mechanics and Maneuvers, Aerodynamics concepts, TurboFan Engines, Airline Models and Businesses, Airport Operation as a function of the number of passengers per year and much more!
I want you to fully grasp and comprehend Aerospace Engineering and to break it down from Complex and Broad to Simple Key Ideas. I want you to feel confident when working with Aerospace Engineering projects in the future or when discussing topics with other people.
I deeply encourage you to begin this journey into the fascinating world of Aerospace Engineering, you won't regret it! If you have any doubts during the course contact me and we will solve any questions that may arise!