ENAE633

Helicopter Dynamics

Prerequisite: ENAE631. Or permission of ENGR-Aerospace Engineering department; and permission of instructor. Flap dynamics. Mathematical methods to solve rotor dynamics problems. Flap-lag-torsion dynamics and identify structural and inertial coupling terms. Overview on rotary wing unsteady aerodynamics. Basic theory of blade aeroelastic stability and ground and air resonance stability, vibration analyses and suppression.

Spring 2026

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.44 between 131 students*

ENAE633 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 19.85%
A: 26.72%
A+: 12.21%
B-: 3.05%
B: 13.74%
B+: 16.03%
C: 3.05%
C+: 1.53%
F: 0.76%
W: 2.29%
other: 0.76%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.