Aerospace Design - AERO3110

Aerospace vehicle type; characteristics size and performance. Special constraints in the design of aerospace vehicles. Aerospace regulations; regulating bodies, regulation interpretation and application. Design data sources and quality management and control. Stress sheets. Detail design of typical aircraft structure; thin walled metal, composites and fasteners. Introduction to a typical high level computer aided design tool (CATIA). Vehicle loads; balance, gust and manoeuvre. Semi-monocoque and frame structures; torque boxes and fuselage cut-outs. Spacecraft; structure, power and thermal balance and communications. Aircraft and spacecraft system detail design. Design for manufacture and maintenance.