National Aviation University | Automation and Computer Integrated Technologies

Linear algebra: determinants, matrices, systems of linear algebraic equations; analytical geometry: vectors, line on plane, plane and line in space, second order curves, second order surfaces; differential calculus of function of one variable: sequences, functions, limits, derivatives, differentials; complex numbers; polynomials; rational functions; integral calculus of the function of one variable: indefinite integrals, definite integrals, improper integrals, differential calculus of function of several variables; differential equations, systems of differential equations; stability theory; series: numerical series, functional series, power series, Fourier series; Fourier integral and transformation; multiple, linear and surface integrals; elements of field theory; functions of complex variable: Taylor series, Laurent series, residues; numerical methods; elements of operational calculus; theory of probability; mathematical statistics.

Prerequisite: not required.

Physics.

Lectures- 87 hr., Seminars - 17 hr., Labs - 70 hr., Consultations - 32 hr., Self-learning - 91 hr., 1st and 2nd semester - examination.

Subject of physics. Investigation and description methods of mechanical motion. Newtons laws. Conservation laws. Molecular structure of substance. Statistical regularities. Laws of ideal and real gases. Thermodynamics laws. Electromagnetic phenomena. Direct current laws. Mechanical and electromagnetic oscillations and waves. Wave and quantum optics. Crystalline and amorphous substances. Quantum distributions. Superconductivity. Semiconductors. Contact phenomena. Nucleus structure. Nuclear reactions. Elementary particles. Problems of current physics.

Laboratory and Practices. Physical measurements. Errors. Laboratory research and practical application of physical laws. Statistical regularities investigation. Optical and electromagnetic phenomena observation. Determination of fundamental physical constants numerical values.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics.

Chemistry.

Lectures - 18hr., Labs - 36 hr., Self-learning - 44 hr., 2st semester - examination.

Atomic-molecular theory. Fundamental laws of chemistry. Structure of atom and the periodic law: contemporary view. Types of chemical bond (covalent, ionic, etc.). Fundamentals of coordination compounds chemistry. Quantum-mechanical approach to covalent bonds: methods of valence bonds (VB) and molecular orbitals (MO). Chemical thermodynamics and thermochemistry. Chemical kinetics and catalysis. Dispersed systems and solutions. Physical and chemical properties of solutions of electrolytes and non-electrolytes. Reduction-oxidation processes and basics of electrochemistry. General review of metals and non-metals properties.

Main classes of chemical compounds and types of chemical reactions. Determination of metal equivalent by the water replacement method. The periodic trends in chemical properties of elements. Coordination compounds: properties and preparation. Chemical thermodynamics of ammonium chloride formation. Chemical kinetics (the rate law) of thiosulfuric acid decomposition. Determination of solution concentration and properties of electrolyte solutions. Reduction - oxidation reactions. Galvanic cells and electrolysis. General properties of metals and non-metals.

Prerequisite: not required.

Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics.

Lectures - 34 hr., Seminars - 34 hr., Self-learning - 89 hr., Consultations - 5 hr., 1st semester - test.

Engineering graphics: theoretical fundamentals and ways of construction of projective images of objects, method of projecting, orthogonal projections. Monge method. Point, straight line, plane. Transformation of the projective drawing. Surfaces. Axonometry. Views, full sections, sections. Dimensioning on drawings. Sketches of details. Releasable and permanent connections. Assembly drawing. Fulfilment of working drawing. Schemes. Introduction to CAD and computer graphics. Using the base command in AutoCad. Drawing the base elements in AutoCad.

Modelling and research of geometrical properties of technical and natural objects, their documenting as drawings and other design documents with the use of computer graphics.

Prerequisite: not required.

Theoretical Mechanics.

Lectures - 34 hr., Seminars - 17 hr., Self-learning - 57 hr., 3th semester - test.

Assumptions of classical mechanics. Statics. Equivalent reduction of forces system. Conditions of body equilibrium. Kinematics of particle. Complex motion of point, Coriolis theorem. Kinematics of rigid body. Dynamics of particle and material system. Theorems on measures of mechanical motion alternation. Principle of possible displacements. General equation of dynamics. Second-order Lagrange equations.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.

Computer Technology.

Lectures - 104 hr., Labs - 138 hr., Consultations - 10 hr., Self-learning- 180 hr., 1st and 3rd semester - examination, 3 rd semester - course paper, 2nd semester - test.

History of computers. Computer hardware. Introduction to Pascal. Design of source files. Concepts of Pascal language. Data types. Simple and complex statements. Conditional statements. Loop statements. Arrays and records. User-defined data types. Procedures and functions. String types. Files. History of Delphi. Introduction to Delphi IDE. Delphi object model. Objects and classes. Object properties. Standard components. Developing custom components.

Prerequisite: not required.

Safety of Life Activity.

Lectures - 18hr., Seminars - 18 hr., Self-learning - 18 hr., 4th semester - test.

Identification of potential dangers. Definition of dangerous, harmful and hazardous factors. Forecasting of occasion and consequence effects of dangerous, harmful factors on human organism, and influence of hazardous factors on the human- environment system. Methodology of application of protective means from dangerous, harmful and hazardous factors. Planning of measures for creation of healthy and safe life and activity conditions in the human - environment system. Application of public, social-economical, legal, technical, environmental, medical-prevention and educational procedures, aimed at creation of healthy and safe life conditions in the modern environment. Identification of dangers, prevention or elimination of consequences. Evaluation of correspondence of the environment state to the requirements of healthy and safe life conditions.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Chemistry.

Fundamentals of Ecology.

Lectures - 17 hr., Labs - 17 hr., Self-learning - 20 hr., 7th semester - test.

Objectives and problems of ecology. Evolution of relationship between the human society and the environment. Structure and existence conditions of the biosphere. Mineral, energy and climatic resources of the Earth. Main laws of ecology. Global ecological problems of the biosphere. Atmosphere protections. Main components and structure of the atmosphere. Classification of air pollutants sources. Air pollution control and hygienic standardization. Engineering methods of reducing of harmful substance emission into air. Protection of hydrosphere and lithosphere objects. Protection of environment against anthropogenic energetic loading. Environmental assessment. Environmental legislation and economics. International cooperation in environment protection.

Measurement of luminosity level, temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure and humidity in natural and artificial conditions. Determination of hardness and moisture of soils. Measurement of pH level of environment. Detection and concentration measurement of gaseous air pollutants via universal gaseous analyzer.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics; Chemistry.

Automatic Control Theory.

Lectures - 70 hr., Labs - 52 hr., Self-learning - 148 hr., 4th semester - course paper and test, 5th semester - examination.

Main concepts of the control theory, principles of control, classification of control systems. Methods of description of control systems: Laplace, Fourier and Z-transformations. Development of mathematical models of control systems; models in time and frequency domains and in state-space. Controllability and observability of control systems. Stability and criteria of stability.

Performance and quality criteria, methods of dynamic correction of control systems; PID -controllers. Principle of the maximum and dynamic programming method. Random processes in control systems. Nonlinear systems theory: phase plane method, methods of harmonic and statistical linearization.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics ; Electrical engineering and electromechanics.

Metrology and Fundamentals of Measurements.

Lectures - 34 hr., Labs - 17 hr., Self-learning - 57 hr., 3rd semester - test.

Physical quantity units. System International (SI). Kinds and methods of measurements: direct measurements, indirect measurements, measurements in close series, cumulative measurement. Methods of direct estimation and comparison with a measure. Errors of measurement. Classification of errors, check of measurement results. State metrological supervision for measuring instruments. Metrology normative base. Measuring transducers of electromechanical and electronic physical quantities and measuring instruments on their basis: magneto-electric, electro-magnetic, electro-dynamic, electro-static. Measuring instruments: frequency meters, phase meters, voltmeters, oscilloscope and other devices. Measuring transducers of non-electrical quantities into electrical ones and measuring instruments on their basis: thermometers, vibrometers, fuel gauges. Measuring information signals, classification, structures and metrological characteristics.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.

Electrical Engineering and Electromechanics.

Lectures - 34 hr., Labs - 34 hr., Self-learning - 94 hr., 3rd semester - examination.

Electrical Engineering: Basic elements of electric circuits. Direct current (DC) electric circuits. Kirchhoffs laws. Electric circuit transformation. Mesh and nodal analysis. Thevenins and Nortons theorems. Alternating current (AC) circuits. Definitions and basic concepts. Complex representation of sinusoidal current and voltage. Responses of R, L and C to sinusoidal disturbance. Phase shift and vector diagrams. Series RLC and parallel RLC circuits. Impedance and admittance. Power in AC circuits. Resonance. Three-phase circuits. Transients in DC circuits.

Electromechanics: Two types of electromechanical converters of energy (EMC). Energy loss under electromechanical conversion. Conditions of efficiency maximization. Condition of EMC working capacity. Net current law and magnetic characteristic. Saturation factor of magnetic circuit. Electromagnetic induction law. Operation principle of brush-commutator unit in DC machine. Open-circuit characteristic. Generalized formula of electromagnetic torque. Generating and motoring modes of EMCs. Equations of electrical equilibration in the motor armature circuit. Balance of powers.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.

Electronic Engineering and Microcircuitry.

Lectures - 53 hr., Labs - 35 hr., Self-learning - 74 hr., 4th semester - course paper and test, 5th semester - examination.

Signals and processes transformation in electronic systems. Electronic devices. Diode and thyristor circuits. Amplifiers. Integral microcircuits. Analogue electronics engineering on integral microcircuits. Generators and formers of pulses and continuous oscillations. Sequential logic. Registers.

Binary score. Decoders and indicators. Flip-flops and data multiplexers. Storage devices. Digital processing of signals. Control systems of pulse converters.

Application of Electronics Workbench, Micro-Cap, Lab View software packages for study of volt-ampere, time, frequency, transmission characteristics, transients, analysis and synthesis of electronic circuits.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Physics.

Identification and Modelling of Technological Plants.

Lectures - 34 hr., Labs - 17 hr., Self-learning - 57 hr., 7th semester - examination.

Correlation methods. Identification methods with correlation shift and discrete measurements. Concordance estimation of different identification methods, parameters of their adjustment. Frequency identification methods. Application of frequency methods. Modelling of technological objects. Rrunge-Kutta method. Modelling of spatially separated technological objects.

Generation of random sequences with determined probability density. Application of least-squares method in regression analysis. Problems of evaluation at ill-conditioned information matrix. Regression analysis at non uniform and correlation observations. Regression analysis. Step-by-step methods of parameter estimation. Multi-step estimation algorithms. Correlation estimation methods.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics; Automatic control theory; Technical means of automation.

Fundamentals of Hydro-Pneumatic Automatic Systems.

Lectures - 36 hr., Labs - 36 hr., Self-learning - 90 hr., 4th semester - test.

Automatic control systems and elements. Static and dynamic processes in hydraulic and pneumatic devices. Fluid power and information transmission. Hydraulic and pneumatic automatic apparatus. Sensitive elements and transducers. Hydraulic and pneumatic amplifiers. Actuators. Digital automatic systems. Experimental investigation of hydraulic and pneumatic automatic systems.

Experimental research of hydraulic regulators, pressure relay, jet amplifier, and feedback system.

Prerequisite: Higher mathematics . Automatic control theory.

Fundamentals of Labour Protection.

Lectures - 18 hr., Labs - 18 hr., Self-learning - 18 hr., 6th semester - test.

Dangerous and harmful production factors, their negative influence on human organism, setting of their maximum permissible level. Legislation basics on labour protection, devices and methods of measuring of dangerous and harmful production factors, protective methods against electric, static electricity, lightning and harmful substances, methods of accident prevention during running of lifting-transport means and vessels under pressure, protection methods against electromagnetic and ionising radiation, requirements for