Course Title: Advanced Aircraft Structural Analysis
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Advanced Aircraft Structural Analysis
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
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Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
AERO2517 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2016 |
AERO2517 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
172H School of Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022 |
Course Coordinator: Prof. Adrian Orifici
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6092
Course Coordinator Email: adrian.orifici@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 251.03.044
Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
This course aims to advance the skills of aerospace professional engineers in the area of aircraft structures, building upon the topics covered in typical aerospace (or equivalent) undergraduate engineering programs. You will be provided with an introduction to the design process of advanced aircraft structures followed by stress/strain analyses of thin-walled structures including non-linear deformation and failure theories for lightweight metallic and composite structures. In addition, you will study fatigue and fracture mechanics of aircraft structures. Furthermore, you will have an opportunity to gain professional experience in utilisation of computational stress analyses of lightweight structures using finite element method.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes of the Master of Engineering:
1. Needs, Context and Systems
- Exposit legal, social, economic, ethical and environmental interests, values, requirements and expectations of key stakeholders
- Identify and assess risks (including OH&S) as well as the economic, social and environmental impacts of engineering activities
2. Problem Solving and Design
- Develop and operate within a hazard and risk framework appropriate to engineering activities
3. Analysis
- Comprehend and apply advanced theory-based understanding of engineering fundamentals and specialist bodies of knowledge in the selected discipline area to predict the effect of engineering activities
- Apply underpinning natural, physical and engineering sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer and information sciences.
4. Professional Practice
- Understand the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice in the specific discipline
- Display a personal sense of responsibility for your work
5. Research
- Be aware of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Explain the design process of lightweight structures based on aircraft design requirements
- Implement advanced technical concepts, analyse and assess the structural behaviour of aircraft structures using analytical and numerical methods.
- Analyse fatigue/fracture behaviour of aerospace structures
- Determine mechanical properties of composite materials.
- Develop and validate finite element models to investigate advanced structural analysis problems relevant to aerospace structures.
Overview of Learning Activities
Learning activities can include lectorials (combined lectures and tutorials) and assignments.
Overview of Learning Resources
Course-related resources will be provided on the course Learning Management System (Canvas), which is accessed through myRMIT. This can include lecture material, tutorials, supplementary course notes, problem sheets and solutions, and references.
Overview of Assessment
This course has no hurdle requirements.
Assessment tasks
Assessment Task 1: Assignment 1
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLO 2
Assessment Task 2: Assignment 2
Weighting 30%
This assessment supports CLO 5
Assessment Task 3: End-Semester Assessment
Weighting 50%
This assessment supports CLOs 1- 4