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AERO 211 – Aerospace Engineering Mechanics
Beginning of Semester Course Outcomes Survey
Course Objective: The objective of AERO211 is to make students proficient in the
fundamentals of Newton’s laws and their application to statics and dynamics of particles and
rigid bodies, and to prepare them for follow-on courses in Aerospace Engineering.
Course Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will have demonstrated mastery of
the following 18 concepts and skills related to the application of engineering mechanics.
The course outcomes are listed below. Please indicate your level of understanding of each of
these outcomes (concepts and skills) at the beginning of the semester according to the
following scale (indicate by checkmark for each course outcome):
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Course Outcome
1
Understand and correctly apply USCS and SI unit systems,
understand the difference between mass and weight, and
understand and correctly apply the concept of dimensional
homogeneity in equations used to model engineering systems.
2 Understand the importance of free body diagrams (system
definitions) and be able to construct them for particles, and rigid
bodies.
3 Understand equilibrium relationships for non-accelerating particles
acted upon by external forces.
4 Understand definitions of moments and couples, including
calculation and representation as vectors.
5 Understand definitions and characteristics of equivalent forcecouple systems.
6 Understand definitions of center of mass, center of gravity and
centroids as applied to volumes, areas and lines, and the application
of these for composite bodies.
7 Understand the application of centroids to calculate equivalent
resultants for distributed loads.
8 Understand, recognize, and apply common representations of
idealized supports for 2D and 3D rigid bodies.
9 Understand equilibrium relationships for non-accelerating 2D and
3D rigid bodies acted upon by external forces and the significance
of external reactions.
10 Understand equilibrium relationships to calculate internal forces
within individual members of 2D and 3D trusses.
Level of Understanding
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5
Please indicate your level of understanding of each of the outcomes below (concepts and skills)
at the beginning of the semester according to the following scale (indicate by checkmark for
each course outcome):
1
do not
understand
2
barely
understand
3
neutral
4
somewhat
understand
5
have a good
understanding
Course Outcome
11 Understand equilibrium relationships to calculate internal forces
and couples in the individual members of 2D frames and machines,
and understand why these forces exist, and how they can vary with
position along a member.
12 Understand concepts of static and dynamic Coulomb friction forces
and be able to model friction correctly, including the relationship
between forces acting normal to a plane of contact and friction
forces in the plane of contact.
13 Understand 2D (planar) definitions for velocity and acceleration for
Cartesian, polar and path coordinate systems, and be able to
transform between coordinate systems using vector component
definitions.
14 Understand Newton’s Laws of Motion for particles and rigid
bodies, and be able to develop diagrams and equations modeling
motion in Cartesian, polar and path coordinate systems. Recognize
that these equations are differential, even though students may not
have the capability of solving these equations.
15 Understand the fundamental definition of work.
16 Understand the concept of energy, and be able to compute the
energy expressions associated with linear springs and gravity.
Calculate work done by Coulomb friction forces. Calculate the
work done by and external force acting on particles or rigid bodies.
17 Understand that the linear momentum and angular momentum are
the time integrals of Newton’s Second Law.
18 Understand the concept of harmonic motion and its relationship to
vibrational motion.
Level of Understanding
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5