This home-page mainly explains you the courses for undergraduate students of our department. (Revised Mayl 18, 2007)
For information on the courses for graduate students, click here .
The history of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics is divided roughly into two eras. The first period was started in 1918 and was closed immediately after the Second World War. The total number of graduates in this period was 438. After reopening in 1954, it was reorganized and extended to the present state with the recent remarkable development in the fields of aeronautics and space technology. The graduate school education is more weighed nowadays responding to the recent technology sophistication.
The Department has thirteen chairs and seventeen staffs as listed below. The total number of students is about 200 in which about 100 are the undergraduate students.
Aeronautics and Astronautics deal with the problems of aircraft and space vehicles, including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, V/STOL, rockets and space vehicles. In accordance with the rapid development of aeronautics and astronautics in recent years, the Department prepares up-to-date courses in aerodynamics, propulsion, dynamics of flight, instrumentation and control, structural mechanics, materials and system design. The objective of education of the Department is to give students a clear understanding of the problems related to the aforementioned fields and also give them a training in engineering sciences such that students are with broad and flexible adaptability. For conveniences of study, students are classified into the following specialized courses according to their major interests.
(1) Aerospace Engineering Course
Students are specialized in the study of aircraft and space vehicles, and receive tarining in the fields of aerodynamics, dynamics of flight, instrumentation and control, structural mechanics, materials, meteorology, drawings of aircraft, space vehicles and so forth.
(2) Aerospace Propulsion Course
Students are specialized in the study of aircraft engines and space propulsion, and receive training in the fields of reciprocating, jet and rocket engines, instrumentation and control, materials, design and drawings of aeroengine and so forth.
The graduate course provides the further detailed studies on the aerospace engineering subjects. The graduate students are also deeply involved in the advanced research of the field.
About seventy percent of graduates enter the Graduate School every year. The rest of the graduates enter the national research laboratories and the relevant industories, such as aircraft and space, automobile and other heavy industories.
Professors
| Name | Specialty | Lecture Themes |
|---|---|---|
| ARAKAWA, Yoshihiro, Dr. Eng. | Electric Propulsion | Space Propulsion 1,2, Outline of Space Technology, Space Engineering Excercises |
| AOKI, Takahira, Dr. Eng. | Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Composite Structures, Biomechanics | Theory of Elasticity 1, 2, Aeropace Structures, Mechanics of Vibration |
| FUJIMOTO, Koji, Dr. Eng. | Deformation and Fracture of Materials | Theory of Aerospace Propulsion 5 |
| HORI, Koichi, Dr. Eng. | Artificial Intelligence Application in Space, Robotics in Space | Computer Engineering, Computation Algorithms |
| IWASAKI, Akira, Dr. Eng. | Earth Observation, Space Environment Utilization | |
| KAWACHI, Keiji, Dr. Eng | Flight Mechanics, Bio-mechanics, Helicopter | Aerodynamics 4, Bio-mechanics of Flight |
| KOMURASAKI, Kimiya, Dr. Eng. | Electric Propulsion, High-Enthalpy Gas Dynamics | Space Propulsion 1,2, Outline of Space Technology, Space Engineering Excercises |
| MACHIDA, Kazuo, Dr. Eng. | Robotics in Space | |
| MORISHITA, Etsuo, Dr. Eng. | Aerodynamics | Aerodynamics 3 |
| NAGASHIMA, Toshio, Dr. Eng. | Thermo-fluid dynamics, Aeroelasticity and Aeroacoustics in Aerospace Propulsion | Airbreathing Engines, Theory of Aerospace Propulsion 2 |
| NAKASUKA, Shin-ichi, Dr. Eng. | Spacecraft Engineering, Artificial Intelligence,Control,Orbital Mechanics | Aerospace Instrument System, Orbital Mechanics, Spacecraft Control, Space Engineering Exercises |
| NISHINARI, Kazuhiro, Dr. Eng. | Non-linier Dynamics | Aerodynamics 3 |
| RINOIE, Kenich, Dr. Eng. | Aircraft Design, Separated Flow Aerodynamics | Dynamics of Flight 1, Aircraft Design 1,2 |
| SUZUKI, Kojiro, Dr. Eng. | Aerodynamics and Aero-thermodynamics of High-Speed Flow | Aerodynamics 2 |
| SUZUKI, Shinji, Dr. Eng. | Flight Mechanics, System Optimization | Dynamics of Flight 2, 3, 4, Aerospace Automatic Control 1, 2 |
| TAKEDA, Nobuo, Dr. Eng. | Smart Structure and Materials, Composite Engineering | Theory of Elasticity 1, 2, Strength of Materials |
| TSUE, Mitsuhiro, Dr. Eng. | Combustion, Propulsion System | Theory of Aerospace Propulsion 1,4, Aerospace Drawing 1 |
| WATANABE Toshinori, Dr. Eng. | Unsteady Aerodynamics in Turbomachinery, Aerospace Propulsion | Jet Engines, Gas Turbine A2 |
| Name | Specialty | Lecture Themes |
|---|---|---|
| AKAISHI, Mina, Dr. Eng. | Artificial Intelligence Application | |
| HIMENO, Takehiro, Dr. Eng. | Aerospace Propulsion | Vibration Mechanics |
| IMAMURA, Taro, Dr, Eng. | Aircraft Design, Aerodynamics | |
| TERAMOTO, Susumu, Dr. Eng. | Aerodynamics of Internal Flow | Airbreathing Engines |
| TSUCHIYA, Takeshi, Dr. Eng. | Flight Mechanics, System Optimization | Dynamics of Flight 2, 3, 4, |
| YAIRI, Takehisa, Dr. Eng. | Artificial Intelligence, Control | Computer Engineering, Computation Algorithms |
| YOKOZEKI, Tomohiro, Dr. Eng. | Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Composite Structures | Theory of Elasticity 1 |
| Facility | Specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Speed Wind Tunnel | Goettingen Type, Test Section Diameter 1.5m, 60 Horse Power, Maximum Wind Speed 35m/sec |
| 2 | Shock Tube | Cross Section 7cm X 7cm, Maximum Chamber Pressure 20kg/cm^2 |
| 3 | Flutter Wind Tunnel | Open-Jet Type, Test Section 0.3m X 1.2m, 15 Horse Power, Maximum Wind Speed 25m/sec |
| 4 | Smoke Wind Tunnel | Suction Type, Test Section 0.1m X 1.2m, 15 Horse Power, Operating Wind Speed 8m/sec |
| 5 | Free Flight Wind Tunnel | Open-Jet Type, Test Section 6m X 4m, 120 Horse Power, Maximum Wind Speed 15m/sec |
| 6 | Transonic Wind Tunnel | Induction Type, Test Section 0.3m X 0.28m, Mach Number 0.4-1.2 |
| 7 | Supersonic Wind Tunnel | Blow-down Type, Test Section 0.4m X 0.4m, Stagnation Pressure 0.22MPa-1.0MPa, Mach Number 2,3,4 |
| 8 | Hypersonic Thermal Wind Tunnel | Ejector Type, Test Section Diameter 0.12m, Stagnation Pressure 50 ata, Stagnation Temperature 800K, Mach Number 7 |
| 9 | Hypersonic Wind Tunnel | Ejector Type, Test Section Diameter 0.2m, Stagnation Pressure 5MPa, Stagnation Temperature 870K, Mach Number 7,8,9 |
| 10 | Magnetoplasmadynamic Arc Jet | Steady-Type, Max. Power 50kW, Max. Applied Magnetic Field 5,000Gauss, Max. Temperature 20,000K, Pressure 760-0.01Torr |
| 11 | Testing Machines | 10 ton Universal Tester |
| 12 | Fatigue Testing Machine | -10ton to +10ton |
| 13 | High Temperature Test Bath | Maximum Temperature 400degC |
| 14 | CO2 Gas Dynamic Laser | |
| 15 | Low Speed Cascade Wind Tunnel | Maximum Wind Speed 50m/sec |
| 16 | Testing Machines for Materials | |
| 17 | Photo-Elastic Test Apparatus | |
| 18 | Flight Simulator | Fixed Cockpit with CG Workstation |
| 19 | Scanning Electron Microscope | Resolving Power 6nm |
| 20 | Transonic Cascade Tunnel | |
| 21 | Falling Tower | 10^-6 g, 1 sec |
| 22 | Aerospace Environmental Testing Facilities | Space Chamber, High Temperature Universal Testing Machine, Information Processing System |
Aerospace Environmental Testing Facilities
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