Research Guides: Engineering *: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

Here are databases specific to aerospace and mechanical engineering:

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Publications
This resource provides access to the publications of AIAA, the premier provider of information on aerospace technology, engineering, and science. Their titles document the most important developments and the latest research in air and space history. their publications make the exchange of technical knowledge and information possible among aerospace professionals.
Aerospace Database
This database provides indexing and abstracts from more than 4,000 current serial and non-serial titles, including content from AIAA and NASA. The database currently includes over 3.6M records from periodicals, conference papers, trade journals, magazines, books, patents and technical reports, with indexing back to the early 1960's. Covers all aspects of applied research in the aerospace and space sciences.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Access to ASME's Transaction Journals from 1880 to the present and ASME's Conference Proceedings from 2002 to the present.
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
The Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database includes the renowned Aerospace Database and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications.
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
NTRS provides access to aerospace-related citations and full-text online documents, papers, journal articles, conference papers, patents, research reports, images, movies, and technical videos.
Includes citations and reports from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915-1958); Citations and documents created or sponsored by NASA (1958 to present); and Citations and links to images, photos, movies, and videos from the discontinued NASA Image eXchange.
Worldwide Directory of Specialists in Thermal & Fluids Science and Engineering
This site will allow you to locate a specialist by name, field of specialization, and/or affiliation.
Frost & Sullivan
Industry and technology research from this global consulting firm covering US and international markets in areas such as information and communication technology, healthcare, automotive and transportation, measurement and instrumentation, chemicals, materials, energy, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, environment and buildings, electronics and security, metals, minerals and much more.
Single-click downloading of entire reports is not enabled for students.

Here are some of the academic journals that USC Libraries subscribes to that are related to aerospace and mechanical engineering:

Journal of Aerospace Engineering
The Journal of Aerospace Engineering promotes the implementation and development of space and aerospace technologies and their transfer to other civil engineering applications. Topics of interest include aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, wind tunnel testing of buildings and structures, aerospace structures and materials, advanced composite materials, dynamics and control, real-time data acquisition, space engineering and construction, lunar base construction, field and remote sensing, and robotics.
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology provides a broad coverage of the materials and techniques employed in the aircraft and aerospace industry. Its international perspectives allow readers to keep up to date with current thinking and developments in critical areas such as coping with increasingly overcrowded airways, the development of new materials, recent breakthroughs in navigation technology, and more.
Transport and Aerospace Engineering
Transport and Aerospace Engineering is published once a year. The Journal ensures international publicity for original research and innovative work, focusing on the following topics of Transport and Aerospace Engineering: Advanced materials and innovative structural concepts, Aerospace science, Air and space law, Airworthiness considerations, Engineering and Technology, Engineering, Thermodynamics, Materials Science, Polymer Science
Mechanical Engineering
Award-winning monthly flagship publication of ASME.
International Journal of Engine Research
The International Journal of Engine Research publishes high quality papers on experimental and analytical studies that address a wide range of engine technologies.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
The Journal of Aerospace Engineering is dedicated to the publication of high quality research in all branches of applied sciences and technology dealing with aircraft and spacecraft, and their support systems.

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Lab Directory
Research Labs with the Dept. of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering