Engineering concepts that span aeronautics and astronautics — the shared analytical frameworks of aerospace engineering.

  • Forces of Flight — lift, weight, thrust, and drag: the four forces acting on any aircraft and the equilibrium conditions that define steady flight
  • Flight Regimes — the distinct physical regimes from low-speed through hypersonic, each governed by different dominant physics
  • Propulsion Principles — how momentum exchange produces thrust, from propellers through ion engines
  • Structural Mechanics for Aerospace — how aerospace structures resist loads through stress, strain, bending, shear, and torsion
  • Materials in Aerospace — material properties, trade-offs, and selection criteria from aluminum through 3D-print filaments