Aerospace Design - AERO3110
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: MMAN2100
Excluded: AERO3102
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
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.