Course Title: Advanced Aerospace Structures

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Advanced Aerospace Structures

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities. 

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Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

AERO2363

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 1 2013

AERO2363

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022

Course Coordinator: A. Prof Akbar Khatibi

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6105

Course Coordinator Email: akbar.khatibi@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora East Campus: Building 251, Level 3, Room 29


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

AERO2359 Aerospace Structures


Course Description

This course provides study in advanced theory of aircraft structural analysis, building upon the introductory topics covered in previous years. The course includes design and analysis of composite structures, bolted and bonded joints, and other advanced aspects relevant to aerospace structures. Fatigue and fracture mechanics of lightweight structures is covered, and damage tolerance concepts of aerospace structures are discussed. These topics are complemented by studies in computational analysis.

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level.
This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards. See the WAM information web page for more information.(http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=eyj5c0mo77631)


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours):

  • In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline.
  • Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources.


Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Analyse fatigue/fracture behaviour of aerospace structures
  2. Design and analyse composite aerospace structures.  
  3. Analyse the loads, stresses and failure mechanisms of bolted and bonded aerospace joints.
  4. Analyse damage tolerance of aircraft structural components
  5. Develop and validate finite element models to investigate advanced structural analysis problems relevant to aerospace structures.


Overview of Learning Activities

Learning activities can include viewing pre-recorded lecture videos, in-class quizzes, assignments, tutorials and a final test. Self-directed learning will be achieved through directed problem-solving activities and assignment tasks.


Overview of Learning Resources

Course-related resources will be provided on the Canvas, which is accessed through myRMIT. This can include lecture material, tutorials, supplementary course notes, problem sheets and solutions, and references.


Overview of Assessment

X This course has no hurdle requirements.

☐ All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).


Assessment tasks

Assessment Task 1: Bi-Weekly Quizzes
Weighting 10%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Assessment Task 2: Project Progress Report 
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3 and 4.

Assessment Task 3: Project Final Report
Weighting 40% 
This assessment supports CLO 2, 4 and 5.

Assessment Task 4: Final Test (This test will be a 2-hour test that may be taken any time within a 24hr period)
Weighting 30% 
This assessment supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 and 4.