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Course detail: Flight Control and Hydraulic Systems - ONLINE
Description
This course covers fundamental design issues, along with analysis and design methodologies for aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems. Topics include design requirements, component description and operation, component and system math modeling, component sizing, system layout rationale, system sizing and airframe integration. The course emphasizes the fundamentals and necessary engineering tools (both analytical and otherwise) needed to understand and design aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems. Practical examples and actual systems are presented and discussed throughout the class.
Highlights
Course Schedule
When this course is offered online for open enrollment delivery, it meets for 9 live-online sessions held three times per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) for 3 hours. All live sessions are recorded and made available online the following day. The live course sessions account for 27 hours of the total 31.5 instructional hours of the course. The remaining hours will consist of assigned work (readings, assignments, etc.) between live class sessions.
For in-house training, contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for your custom scheduling needs.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for system- and component-level engineers and managers, including airframe, vendor, industry and government. It is also designed for educators involved with aerospace mechanical systems.
Course preview webinar: The Future of Flight Control: A Flight Control Engineer's Perspective
Course Fee
Early Online Registration fee: $2,195*
Regular Online Registration fee: $2,395
*Early registration fee is available if you register and pay at least 7 days prior to the course start
Registration is open until the first day of the course; however, early registration is encouraged.
Course Materials
Course materials, including outlines, presentation copies, and supplementary materials, will be accessible through Canvas, KU's online learning system. Instructions to access Canvas will be provided upon completed registration.
The 2 textbooks required for this course must be purchased separately. Digital copies are available from both Google Play and iBooks.
U.S. Federal Employee Discount
This course is available to U.S. federal employees at 10% off the registration fee. To receive the federal employee discount, you must enter the code FGVT116 during the checkout process. Please note that you must validate your eligibility to receive this discount by entering your U.S. government email address (ending in .gov or .mil) when creating your online registration profile. This discount is available for both the early registration and regular registration fees.
Certificate Track
Aircraft Design
Classroom hours / CEUs
31.5 classroom hours
3.15 CEUs
Course Accessibility
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to participate in University of Kansas educational offerings. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in our Aerospace Short Courses, please email jayhawkglobal@ku.edu or call 785-864-6779 at least three weeks before the first day of the event.
Please note: If you are attending an Aerospace Short Course onsite at your place of employment, please contact your company's training coordinator for accommodation requests.
Course Resources
Technical Requirements and Details for Aerospace Online Short Courses
AERO0285 Course Information and Outline (PDF Document)
This course covers fundamental design issues, along with analysis and design methodologies for aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems. Topics include design requirements, component description and operation, component and system math modeling, component sizing, system layout rationale, system sizing and airframe integration. The course emphasizes the fundamentals and necessary engineering tools (both analytical and otherwise) needed to understand and design aerospace hydraulic and flight control systems. Practical examples and actual systems are presented and discussed throughout the class.
Highlights
- Hydraulic flow fundamentals
- Hydraulic components operation and sizing (actuators, valves, regulators, pumps, motors, accumulators, etc.)
- Servovalve operation and sizing
- Power Control Units (PCUs) function and operation
- Hydraulic system design and airframe integration
- Mechanism fundamentals
- Flight control system design and airframe integration
- Flight control system failure modes and design considerations
- Fly by Wire Systems
Course Schedule
When this course is offered online for open enrollment delivery, it meets for 9 live-online sessions held three times per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) for 3 hours. All live sessions are recorded and made available online the following day. The live course sessions account for 27 hours of the total 31.5 instructional hours of the course. The remaining hours will consist of assigned work (readings, assignments, etc.) between live class sessions.
For in-house training, contact us at professionalprograms@ku.edu for your custom scheduling needs.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for system- and component-level engineers and managers, including airframe, vendor, industry and government. It is also designed for educators involved with aerospace mechanical systems.
Course preview webinar: The Future of Flight Control: A Flight Control Engineer's Perspective
Course Fee
Early Online Registration fee: $2,195*
Regular Online Registration fee: $2,395
*Early registration fee is available if you register and pay at least 7 days prior to the course start
Registration is open until the first day of the course; however, early registration is encouraged.
Course Materials
Course materials, including outlines, presentation copies, and supplementary materials, will be accessible through Canvas, KU's online learning system. Instructions to access Canvas will be provided upon completed registration.
The 2 textbooks required for this course must be purchased separately. Digital copies are available from both Google Play and iBooks.
- Aerospace Hydraulic Systems (Version 2), Wayne Stout, Phd., December 2020, DesignAerospace LLC (iBooks & Google Play)
- Aerospace Flight Control Systems - Version 2, Wayne Stout, Phd., December 2020, DesignAerospace LLC (iBooks & Google Play)
U.S. Federal Employee Discount
This course is available to U.S. federal employees at 10% off the registration fee. To receive the federal employee discount, you must enter the code FGVT116 during the checkout process. Please note that you must validate your eligibility to receive this discount by entering your U.S. government email address (ending in .gov or .mil) when creating your online registration profile. This discount is available for both the early registration and regular registration fees.
Certificate Track
Aircraft Design
Classroom hours / CEUs
31.5 classroom hours
3.15 CEUs
Course Accessibility
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to participate in University of Kansas educational offerings. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in our Aerospace Short Courses, please email jayhawkglobal@ku.edu or call 785-864-6779 at least three weeks before the first day of the event.
Please note: If you are attending an Aerospace Short Course onsite at your place of employment, please contact your company's training coordinator for accommodation requests.
Technical Requirements and Details for Aerospace Online Short Courses
AERO0285 Course Information and Outline (PDF Document)
