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Aerospace Engineering
Also Known As Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
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Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and operation of aircraft and spacecraft, encompassing aeronautical engineering within Earth atmosphere and astronautical engineering beyond it. It matured as a distinct discipline in the first half of the twentieth century, driven first by heavier than air flight and then by rocketry and space exploration.
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Core ConcernThe design and operation of aircraft and spacecraft. 1 Core PrincipleAerospace engineering treats aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, materials science, structural analysis and manufacturing as one interacting system rather than separate disciplines, because a vehicle that must fly cannot optimize any one of them in isolation. 2 Disputed
Origin YearAeronautical engineering, a narrower predecessor concerned only with atmospheric flight, dates to the early 1900s; aerospace engineering, unifying atmospheric and space flight, dates to the late 1950s, alongside the founding of NASA in 1958. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Aircraft and spacecraft programs are among the largest and earliest adopters of formal systems engineering practice.
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
2. Aerospace Engineering (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationOverview sectionQuote, Overview section
It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering.
2. Aerospace Engineering (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead section, opening definition of aerospace engineeringQuote, Lead section, opening definition of aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering.
A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Includes: The Airplane
A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Includes: The Jet Engine
A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Includes: Frank Whittle
A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954Includes: Hans von Ohain
Duralumin (Wikipedia)
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