What is the major difference between aerospace and aeronautical engineering?

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Asked by Sreeni Vasan
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Khushal Arora
5 years ago
Hello! Aerospace engineering is concerned with designing and building aircraft and spacecraft. Aerospace engineering can be divided into two specializations: aeronautical engineers, who handle aircraft, and astronautical engineers, who design spacecraft. In simple terms it as below: Aeronautical =

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Dharamveer Dheer
5 years ago
Dear, Aerospace engineers and mechanical engineers both work on the development and construction of equipment and devices. However, the field of aerospace engineering is more narrow than mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering is a particularly broad field, encompassing work done in a wide va

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Hi, Aerospace engineering deals with everything both within and out of the earth's atmosphere. Aeronautical engineering is basically a branch of aerospace engineering.

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4 years ago
The key difference between aeronautical and aerospace engineering is Aeronautical Engineering is the study of aircraft operate within the earth's atmosphere while Aerospace Engineering is the study of aircraft operate within & out of the earth's atmosphere LPU is a right place for Aerospace Engineer

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4 years ago
Aeronautical engineering is the practice of designing and building aircraft, like airplanes and helicopters. Students earning a degree in aeronautical engineering take classes such as: Thermodynamics Heat Transfer Aircraft Structures Flight Mechanics Aircraft Stability and Control On the astronautic

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4 years ago
There are some basic differences between Aeronautical Engineering & Aerospace Engineering related to course structure, prospect etc. I have listed down some of the difference as per my understanding. For Aeronautical Engineering : Programme Structure: - Fixed Scheme Primary Focus: - They work with

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