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/ Indicative Syllabus To be arranged in line with the departmental seminars. -- 1 of 2 --
/ Indicative Syllabus The nature of the training shall be related to teaching and professional services, and be relevant to the formal programme of study. -- 1 of 2 --
/ Indicative Syllabus Thin-wall structures – wings; fuselages; empennages; thin-wall approximation. Metallic materials – material chemistry; forming; light-weight alloys; superalloys. Composite materials – rule of mixtures; laminated plate theory; fabrication; functional composite materials. Analysis of aerospace structural components – bending; shear; torsion; combined loading; stress; angle of twist; deflection; fatigue; fracture. Non-destructive testing – ultrasonic testing; piezoelectric transducer; guided wave testing; phased array scanning; structural health monitoring. Finite element analysis – 1D elements; 2D elements; 3D elements; high-order elements; static analysis; dynamic analysis. -- 1 of 3 --
/ Indicative Syllabus Introduction of Guidance, Navigation, and Control – the role of GNC in autonomous systems, the relationship between navigation, and guidance and control, positioning to navigation. Introduction of GNSS – system architecture, global coordinate systems, time reference and GPS time system, radio frequency spectrum of GNSS signal, future plan of GNSS. Receiver signal processing – Digtal signal processing, GPS signal acquisition, GPS Signal tracking, delay lock loop and phase lock loop, decode GPS navigation data. Position, velocity and timing estimation – pseudo range, linear estimation for GPS position, weighted least square, dilution of precision, velocity estimation, carrier smoothing. GNSS measurement and error source – control segment error, signal propagation modeling errors, measurement error, user range error URE. Improved GNSS navigation – differential GNSS, real-time kinematics RTK, GPS/INS integration, Kalman filter, multipath mitigation. GNSS navigation in civil aviation use – accuracy and integrity, receiver autonomous integrity monitoring RAIM, satellite based augmentation system -- 1 of 3 -- SBAS, ground based augmentation system GBAS. Challenges and threats of GNSS receiver – Radio frequency interference spoofing, none-light-of-sight (NLOS) reception
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus Introduction of Flight control – nonlinearities, model uncertainties, wind disturbances. Linear control and analysis – state-space representation, state-space solutions, stability, controllability, observability, state feedback design, output feedback design. Nonlinear control and analysis – Lyapunov’s indirect and direct methods, invariant set theorem, Barbalat’s lemma. Backstepping – stabilization by backstepping. Input-output linearization – asymptotic tracking by input-output linearization, normal form and zero dynamics. Sliding control – sliding surface, disturbance rejection, robustness. Adaptive control – adaptive control for aircrafts, adaptive control for Euler- Lagrange systems. -- 1 of 3 --
/ Indicative Syllabus 1. High speed flight missions, classification of systems, mission analysis, types of high speed propulsion systems. 2. Combustion – constant area and constant pressure combustors, supersonic combustion, equilibrium chemistry, adiabatic flame temperature. 3. Nozzles – Quasi-one-dimensional isentropic flow, nozzle operation, conditions for maximum thrust, nozzle performance. 4. Inlets/Compression Systems – inlet types, inlet starting, analysis of different shock inlets and isentropic spike inlets. 5. Ramjets/Scramjets: Cycle analysis, 1-D internal flow analysis, performance calculation. 6. Turbine-Based Systems for High Speed Flight: Cycle analysis, water/fluid injection, afterburning, turboramjets, performance calculations. 7. Oblique Detonation Engines: Principles of operation, performance analysis. 8. Experimental methods for hypersonic propulsion testing: Impulse facilities, similitudes and experimental techniques for measurements. -- 1 of 3 --
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus One-Dimensional and Quasi-One-Dimensional Flows – Normal Shock Relations; One-Dimensional Flow with Heat Addition; One-Dimensional Flow with Friction; Area-Velocity Relation; Nozzles and Diffusers. Oblique Shock and Expansion Waves – Oblique Shock Relations; Shock Polar; Pressure-Deflection Diagrams; Shock Interactions; Conical Flow; Prandtl-Meyer Expansion Waves. Linearized Flow – Velocity Potential Equation; Linearized Subsonic Flow; Compressibility Corrections; Linearized Supersonic Flow. Transonic and Hypersonic Flows – Full Velocity Potential Equation; Newtonian Theory; Mach Number Independence; Hypersonic Small- Disturbance Equations; Statistical Thermodynamics; Kinetic Theory; High- Temperature Gas Dynamics. Boundary-Layer Flow – Boundary-Layer Equations; Self-Similar Solutions; Von Kármán Momentum Integral; Boundary-Layer Transition; Linear Stability Theory; Turbulent Boundary Layer; Turbulence Modeling; Hypersonic Viscous Interactions; Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions. -- 1 of 3 --
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus Transportation Networks – Network structures; Centripetal and centrifugal networks; Point-to-point and hub-and-spoke networks; Detour level in a hub-and- spoke network; Regular network; Small-world network; Scale-free network; Time-space network; Network expansion; Directed graph; Undirected graph. Distance measures – Euclidean; Cosine; Manhattan, Minkowski; Chebyshev; Haversine distances; Eccentricity; Radius; Centre. Networked Transportation and traffic flow – Assignment problem; Transhipment problem; Shortest path problem; Maximum Flow problem; Minimum cost flow problem; Transportation network efficiency and resilience; Level of network coverages; Connectivity; Multi-modal transportation network. Networked transportation application – Airline network design and hub location problems; Airport ground transportation problems. Convexity, linear programming and convex optimisation problem – Affine and convex sets; hyperplanes; convex functions and its properties; basic properties of linear programme; fundamental theorem of linear programming. AAE Research Postgraduate Programme 2022/23 Page 37 -- 1 of 3 --
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus Partial differential equations – Mathematical classification; Well-posed problem; Model equations; Euler equations; Navier‒Stokes equations Finite differences – Error; Consistency; Stability; Upwind schemes; Flux splitting schemes; Flux-difference splitting schemes; Advection upstream splitting method (AUSM); Weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) schemes; Compact schemes; Total variation diminishing (TVD) and slope limiters Time-marching techniques – Runge‒Kutta methods; Lower-upper symmetric Gauss–Seidel (LU-SGS) method; Point relaxation method; Line relaxation method; Generalized minimal residual method Other CFD techniques – Finite-volume method; Grid generation; Boundary conditions; Parallel computing Case studies – Application of the numerical techniques to canonical aerodynamic problems -- 1 of 3 --
/ Indicative Syllabus Differential equations - ordinary differential equations; partial differential equations; numerical methods Dynamical systems – fixed point; stability; discrete-event systems; finite- dimensional dynamical systems; infinite-dimensional dynamical system Convexity and convex functions – affine and convex sets; hyperplanes; convex functions and its properties; conjugate function, quasiconvex functions, log-concave and log-convex functions; convexity with respect to generalised inequalities Convex optimisation problem – convex optimisation; linear optimisation; quadratic optimisation problems; geometric programming; vector optimisation Duality – The Lagrange dual function; the Lagrange dual problem; geometric interpretation; saddle-point interpretation; optimality condition; perturbation and sensitivity analysis. -- 1 of 3 -- Statistical estimation – Parametric distribution estimation; non-parametric distribution estimation Uncertainty modelling - Stochastic Linear Programming, stochastic integer programmes, and approximation and sampling methods (e.g., Monte Carlo methods and sample average approximation; Robust optimisation, min- max/max-min optimisation, decomposition methods for two-stage robust optimisation problems. Algorithms for unconstrained minimisation – unconstrained minimisation problems; descent methods; gradient descent method; steepest descent method. Interior-point methods – Inequality constrained minimisation problems; logarithmic barrier function and central path; Primal-dual interior-point methods.
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus 1. Basic topology: Finite, countable, and uncountable sets; metric spaces; compact sets; perfect sets; connected sets. 2. Matrix analysis: Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and similarity; definition of norms and inner products; properties of norms; matrix norms; singular value decomposition; Schur decomposition; the Jordan canonical form theorem. 3. Optimization: Convexity; affine and convex sets; convex function; LP weak and strong duality; optimality conditions. 4. Dynamic System and Stability: Application to linear systems theory and stability. 5. Case Studies: Optimal control, linear quadratic regulator, an air traffic control problem. -- 1 of 3 --
/ Indicative Syllabus Understanding programme design and curriculum structure Facilities supporting learning in PolyU Career and life planning, ways to achieve personal goals and successes Frontier in sciences and innovation for discipline-majors
/ Indicative Syllabus Commonly used units and unit conversions for science, volumetric calculations, reaction rate and rate law including enyzmes kinetics, integrated rate laws, scientific graph plotting, excel data treatment, standard deviation and normal distrution, finding maxima and minima, linear regression.
/ Indicative Syllabus • Understanding programme design and curriculum structure • Facilities supporting learning in PolyU • Career and life planning, ways to achieve personal goals and successes -- 1 of 3 -- 2 • Team works
/ Indicative Syllabus Contact Hours THE CELL: Molecules and structure of the cell 2 Hr Activities inside the cell 2 Hr Harvesting chemical energy in the cell 2 Hrs Photosynthesis: Harvesting light energy and producing food 2 Hrs CELLULAR REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS Reproduction and inheritance at the cellular level 2 Hrs Patterns of inheritance 2 Hrs Molecular biology of the gene 2 Hrs Gene control 2 Hrs DNA technology and genomics 2 Hrs EVOLUTION AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY The origin and evolution of microbial life: Prokaryotes and protests 1 Hr Plants, fungi, and the colonization of Land 1 Hr Invertebrate diversity 1 Hr Vertebrate diversity 1 Hr -- 1 of 3 -- A2 ANIMALS: FORM AND FUNCTION Unifying concepts of animal structure and function 1 Hr Nutrition and digestion 2 Hr Gas exchange and circulation 2 Hr Control of body temperature and water balance 2 Hrs Hormones and the endocrine system 2 Hr Reproduction 2 Hr Control systems in plants 1 Hr ECOLOGY The biosphere 1 Hr Behavioral adaptations to the environment 1 Hr Population ecology 1 Hr Communities and ecosystems 1 Hr Conservation biology 1 Hr
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus Laboratory Safety The PolyU Health and Safety Policy; General laboratory safety practices; Hazards and risk
/ Indicative Syllabus 1. Introduction to different life forms and Human Body • What is life: from molecules to cells to a whole human body. • Overview of different groups of organisms relevant to human health: viruses, bacteria, protozoa, simple animals and humans. • Microbes in daily life. 2. From Cells to Body System • Cells as the basic building blocks of life. • Introduction to various cell types such as bacteria, yeast and human cells • Simple structure and functions of major subcellular • Different major cell types in the human body • Cell division, growth and repair; abnormal growth and an introduction to cancer. • Organization of tissues, organs and systems in humans. • Homeostasis: how the body keeps internal balance 3. Genetics, heredity and human disease • Genetic material: simple structure and role of DNA and RNA. • Genes and how they store information for making proteins. • From DNA to traits: basic idea of gene expression. • How genetic information is passed to offspring; examples of inherited traits. -- 1 of 3 -- • Introduction to genetic diseases and screening. 4. Infectious disease and immunity • Types of pathogens: viruses, bacteria, protozoa and how they enter and spread in the body. • Basic concepts of the immune response: innate and adaptive immunity, antibodies, vaccines. 5. Drugs and how they work (pharmacology basics) • What is a drug; difference between drugs, biologics, medicines and poisons. • How drugs act on the body explained in simple terms. • Side effects, misuse of drugs, and basic concepts of safe medication use. 6. Modern biotechnology and human health • Recent new drugs development and advanced biotechnology • Impacts of biotechnology on everyday life, medicine and the environment.
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus Foundation: Atoms, molecules and ionic compounds; masses of atoms; stoichiometry; naming of chemical compounds; physical properties of compounds; and periodic table. Chemical Reactions: Chemical equations; major reaction types; and enthalpy of chemical processes. Atoms: Light; electrons; quantum numbers; atomic orbitals; electronic configurations; and general periodic trends in properties among elements. Chemical Bonding: Nature of chemical bonding; ionic bond; covalent bond; valence bond theory and hybridization; resonance; molecular shape by VSEPR method; bond polarity; intermolecular forces. Chemistry of Carbon: Naming of compounds containing carbon chains and rings; isomerism, regioisomers, and optical isomers; major functional groups: alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and esters; major reactions and properties of functional groups. -- 1 of 3 -- Teaching and Learning Methodology Lecture: The fundamental principles of chemistry will be explained. Examples will be used to illustrate the concepts and ideas in the lecture. Take- home problem sets will be given, and the students are encouraged to solve the problems before seeking assistance. Tutorial: Students present their solutions on a set of problems in the tutorial. Students should try the problems before seeking assistance. These problem sets provide them opportunities to apply the knowledge gained from the lecture. They also help the students consolidate and familiarize with what they have learned. Furthermore, students can develop a deeper understanding of the subject through group discussion and self-study.
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus 1. Atomic structure and the periodic table • Atoms and the periodic table • Periodic classification and properties of elements. 2. Chemical formulas, nomenclature and stoichiometry • Chemical formulas and nomenclature • Stoichiometry and chemical calculations 3. Chemical reactions and energy • Types of chemical reactions, classification and representation • Thermochemistry and introductory concepts of energy conservation in reactions. 4. Gases, electronic structure and periodic trends • Gases and kinetic molecular theory • Electronic structure and periodic trends -- 1 of 3 -- 5. Bonding, molecular structure and condensed phases • Chemical bonding and molecular geometry • Intermolecular forces and condensed phases • Solutions and concentration 6. Equilibria and acid–base chemistry • Chemical equilibrium in chemical systems. • Acids, bases, and pH and simple equilibrium calculations for aqueous acid– base systems. Teaching and Learning Methodology Lecture: The fundamental principles of chemistry will be explained. Examples will be used to illustrate the concepts and ideas in the lecture. Take-home problem sets will be given, and the students are encouraged to solve the problems before seeking assistance. Tutorial: Students present their solutions on a set of problems in the tutorial. Students should try the problems before seeking assistance. These problem sets provide them opportunities to apply the knowledge gained from the lecture. They also help the students consolidate and familiarize with what they have learned. Furthermore, students can develop a deeper understanding of the subject through group discussion and self-study.
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暂无评分/ Indicative Syllabus Measurement in Chemistry: Significant figures; SI units; substances and mixtures; solution and concentration; mole and Avogadro's number; chemical reactions and balanced equations; and temperature scales. Principle of Chemical Equilibria: law of chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constant; and Le Chatelier principle. Acid–Base Equilibria in Aqueous Solutions: Acid and Base concepts, Ionization of water; pH, pOH, and pKw; acids and bases; polyprotic acids; buffers; and solubility equilibria. Solubility and Complex–Ion Equilibria: Solubility constants and solubility; common ion effects; precipitation; and equilibria involving complex ions. -- 1 of 3 -- Structures and Reactions of Organic Compounds: Organic compounds and structures, naming compounds, stereoiisomerisms; functional groups of organic compounds; nucleophilic substitution reactions addition reactions of alkenes; electrophilic aromatic substitution; . Teaching and Learning Methodology Lectures supplemented with guided reading will be used to introduce the key concepts of the topics. Homework or assignments would be given for students to enhance their learning. Tutorials will be arranged and students would be assigned in small groups for discussion.
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