Anybody know how I could find the pitching moment coefficient using the Finite Wing Theory and the monoplane equation? Ive found the lift coefficient and zero lift angle of attack for a specific airfoil i'm working on but down know how to find the pitching moment coefficient.

It's been two weeks with no response, I'm considering reaching out for an update

Long story short, I will be starting my university education in eu next year in Aerospace Engineering. Which graduate education or what kind of projects in university so I need to become an R&D engineer as early as possible?

Thank you in advance for your answers!

AVL or XFLR5, which gives more accurate stability derivatives, especially directional and lateral (Clbeta, Cnbeta), as I noticed a big difference between the two software when calculating those two values

My friend and I were discussing last night. If you could "uber", i.e. on-demand take control of, a highly-reflective satellite that approximated the moon in size, what would you use it for?

The best use I could think of was flip it on and off to spell things with morse code. But I'm sure there's a better, more wild answer than that

No defense applications or bad actor answers, fun only

Anyone have any good books on control systems ?

„Investigation of the separation behavior of bundled Arrow projectiles in the impulse wind tunnel" or

„Development and testing of an unmanned, semiautonomous system for the disposal of explosive oranance (UAV/UGV)"

Hey folks, I'm graduating my bachelors in Aerospace Engineering this September. I'm planning to begin a masters program in Engineering next year.

I would love to know which topic engineering people find most interesting, fun, future-oriented.

What is the work environment like in aerospace? Remote at like launch sites ? Office like?

And what would you do as an aerospace when you get into the field?

And I also saw online that mechanical engineers make less than aerospace, is it because of the name value of the degree? Or can they make the same if they are in the same position.

I was wondering if anyone knows the current state of affairs when it comes to aerospace jobs in Europe?

Are they hiring entry-level? Are there any new companies looking for fresh grads?

I just finished my bachelor's degree and have a lot of internships in the mechanical/aerospace field but none of those companies are hiring right now.

Is the market still bad as it was before or is that about to change? Can somebody give me some insight on the current situation?

So for my Aero class, I have a model rocket with a diameter of 98 mm that’s roughly 5’10 feet long. It’s made up of a large and small body tube connected by a coupler. The smaller body tube is where the eBay is located but at the end of the coupler, there’s a bulkhead. This leads to the problem that the eBay can’t launch the main parachute from the second body tube because the bulkhead is in the way. How can I fix this?

I am an amateur, designing a WIG craft however I am confused on which empty weight fraction to choose from. I have not found any research papers giving analysis on the empty weight fraction for WIG and GEV. Would love every bit of help.

Thanks.

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BSME here with one undergrad class in aero from almost 30 years ago but I was always fascinated by the magnus effect and i've always wondered if instead of rotating what would be the net aerodynamic effect of moving in different directions around a body, like an airfoil but with sliding surfaces. I would think you could create lift and lower drag if the upper and lower surfaces moved at variable speeds relative both the airflow and the structure. If anyone is familiar with something like that I'd love to do some reading.

Will the proposed ITAR exemptions for Australia and the UK allow Australian/British Aerospace engineers to work in US Aerospace roles without permanent residency? Such as the E3 Australian visa?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-state-dept-fully-expects-finalize-new-aukus-trade-exemptions-next-120-days-2024-04-19/

How can i optimise wingbox in cad

So I have a background in mechanical engineering. I'll finish my degree with an 8/10 (above average GPA bcs my uni grading system is weird) in a couple of months.

I always was fascinated by spacecraft deployment, space materials, thermal management and a lot of other things that goes into it but mechanical engineering makes you more employable (at least in my country) so I went with that for undergrad.

As I'm graduating soon, I applied to 5 unis (Isae, Ecole Centrale, KTH, Poli Milano, Uni of Pisa) in Europe for a masters in Aerospace/Space engineering but got rejected from all of them.

For some reference, I had an 8.0 IELTS score and applied without the GRE. Good LORs, decent volunteer work, couple of short internships, decent academic projects, qualitative research experience.

While I can admit that my motivation letter and CV was a bit weak when I applied to ISAE SUPAERO back in Nov 23, but for the rest I had very convincing letters and I also started a new internship which I later added on my CV for the remaining 4 unis. It's not making sense to me why I got rejected from all of them. Uni of Pisa was my safe school but they also rejected me.

So out of options, this time I decided to apply to Uni of Strathclyde for an MS in Mechanical with Aerospace and got accepted. Same application, letters, everything as the previous 4 unis that rejected me for aerospace. This acceptance has me wondering, do the other universities not think I'm a suitable candidate for pursuing an MS programme in Aerospace? Am I better off continuing my studies in Mechanical?

Aerospace has kind of been a dream since I was a kid and these rejections have me questioning a lot of things especially about my career in the aerospace industry. Can someone offer me some insights?

Edit: Thanks to everyone who took their time to share their thoughts! It really means a lot and will help me in making the correct decision.

I've been at one of the larger aero companies for a couple of years now, but feel stagnant in my current stress analyst role. Much of my "analysis" is red-lining previous analysis with new loads, material properties, or slightly altered interfaces/geometry. While I glean as much as I can about the methods that are being applied, and have confidence in how to apply them, I had envisioned getting exposure to some kind of FEM software or tools that aren't from the 80s. Obviously this is a discussion I've had with my manager, but this company operates at a snail's pace that I'd prefer to jump ship at this point.

My question is, are there many remote stress analyst positions out there for those with less than 5 YOE and minimal FEA experience? I know even a few years ago the answer was yes, but my hunch is that many companies have RTO'd and abandoned many remote positions. LinkedIn and Indeed are all but useful when it comes to searching for a remote position, and the majority of larger companies' career boards show on-site only.

I'm not opposed to working on-site at a different company, but had a taste of WFH during COVID and would much prefer an entirely remote position.

Over the past week or so I've began designing my own theoretical designsbfor poops and giggles 'cause why not and have been dorking around on NASA's foilsim website to determine the perfect airfoil shape to maximize lift in certain airspeeds and yada yada yada.

My question is, are the numbers accurate? If I were to use foilsim to create an airfoil design, could I build an actual airfoil which matches the parameters I put in foilsim and expect the real airfoil to have the performance that foilsim says it would?

Greetings! So I'm currently only missing around 50 credits with a 2.75 gpa possibly 2.8 at the end of may, I work full time job to cover uni costs, and it's become hard to keep good grades due to my uni being trimestral. I've been part of several clubs like formula sale and aero design. Being realistic how much weight does GPA has at the time of getting and interview or how many recruiters actually look at GPA instead of qualities or experience?

My intended major is Aerospace engineering and currently I am taking statics and deformable materials (Solids mechanics) for statics I am failing I need 79/100 in my final to pass(Passing is C+ for my Major) in Solids I am little better however In math I am so much better I did TA for Calculus 2 and now calculus 3 TA and taking Master level math. Same for programming. Do you think I picked the wrong major? In math I feel its easy to study I know exactly what I need it takes 6-8 hours for final or max one day. but for statics I dont even know how to study I just solve random problems past exam watch some youtube | have been studying it for a week and feel like I dont even know what the material is. I really love aircrafts and hate programming and have no feelings for math I am just extraordinarily good at it. I know no one will tell me what to do in my life but give me your advice what do you

Pretty much the title, been searching for a job since October last year and occasionally marine jobs will pop in. Obviously water behaves differently than air but how realistic is it to be able to apply my knowledge to marine engineering? My background is more structures and systems centered.

I'm working on a rudimentary Matlab model of an aircraft under braking as part of one of my Master's courses, and one thing I'd like to be able to look at is the effect of spoiler deployment on lift generated by the wing during landing rollout and therefore on braking effectiveness.

A quick search of common NACA airfoils yields many with flaps but none with spoilers. Is there somewhere I could find some data on the effect of spoiler deployment on a CL vs alpha curve of a generic airfoil, or at least some rule of thumb I can follow? This data doesn't need to be highly representative of any particular real aircraft, just good enough for a conceptual model.

I am writing an introduction for a paper on metal fatigue, and I want to make a very strong beginning stating that fatigue is a bitch and kills a lot of components and people. That fatigue is due to (i) lack of maintenance, (ii) poor use, and (iii) poor design choices.

Lastly, I want to say that to prevent poor design choices (which, unfortunately, are common; we engineers are really dumb), standards require fail-safe design (redundancy, leak before break) and trial acceptance tests.

What are the standards for fail-safe design or trial acceptance in aviation? :) I have a deadline for this paper in a couple of days and I cannot access the American or ISO standards so I really appreciate any help <3<3

(also if you know which standards require the leak before failure for pressure vessels)

I am a 3rd year aerospace engineering student and I have been applying for summer internships since the beginning of last fall to absolutely no avail. I have used and exhausted all the connections I have in the industry, mostly to just get ghosted by who I'm sent to. I've shown my resume to several recruiters at my university's career fairs and they've all said it is very strong, and usually give some minor changes that I can implement, which I do. My GPA is admittedly not too great (basically a flat 3.5) but so many of my peers who have much lower GPAs are interning or have interned at all the big places (NASA, Collins, Lockheed, you name it), and I'm trying my best to not let that get to me.

My project experience is not half bad either - I am an officer (treasurer) in my university's rocket club and I also lead a project that is working active stabilization of a rocket using thrust vector control. I've also worked on other projects, one of them being deep throttling of a liquid engine.

I've maybe applied to ~150 positions this round of applications and I have done *ONE* interview. They told me at the end of the interview that I was one of their top candidates if not the top candidate, only for them to ghost me. This is my last attempt for a summer internship and I have not done a proper internship yet, and I'm honestly quite stressed seeing so many people around me get internships for much less. I don't if this is a call for help or just a rant at the moment, but I would definitely appreciate any advice. I am also more than happy to DM anyone my resume if they would like to take a look.