MAE3402 Aerospace design project
Faculty of Engineering
MAE3402 Aerospace design project is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It needs MAE2405, MAE2404 and MEC2402.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
The 2027 handbook has no page for MAE3402. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before MAE3402
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After MAE3402
No unit lists MAE3402 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisites: Or MAE1041 (in place of MAE2405).
Overview
On completion of this unit, you will have an understanding of the key elements of aircraft performance analysis as used in aerospace vehicle design. A student project involving the initial design stages of a flight vehicle will integrate these studies. Various characteristics of aircraft performance and their design implications will be examined including whole-aircraft drag polar, power plant characterisation, thrust required in level flight, maximum speed estimation, minimum speed and high-lift devices, rate of climb, gliding, range, endurance, accelerated flight, structural limitations on performance, design for longitudinal and lateral stability. Mission analysis and preliminary weight estimation based on a design concept will be examined together with the aerodynamic synthesis to satisfy performance requirements, power plant selection, overall vehicle layout and balance. Trade-offs as a necessary part of the design will be apparent to you on completion of this unit.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for MAE3402.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Produce a preliminary aircraft weight estimate from a supplied mission profile and aircraft category
- 2
Generate initial estimates of aircraft wing area and propulsion capacity given a supplied aircraft category and mission profile
- 3
Choose an appropriate layout of aircraft elements given supplied aircraft category and mission profile
- 4
Produce a dimensioned and appropriately labelled three-view line diagram of an aircraft layout
- 5
Estimate aircraft drag polar coefficients from a given geometry and mission profile using a drag-buildup method
- 6
Choose and size an appropriate wing airfoil and high-lift system for a given aircraft category and performance requirement
- 7
Comprehend and apply aircraft performance analysis particular to the choice of aircraft wing loadings and thrust (or power) to weight ratios in order to meet specified performance constraints
- 8
Estimate aircraft component group weights from available correlations, and to incorporate these into a refined weight estimate for a given aircraft layout, size and mission profile
- 9
Arrange aircraft components in order to place the centre of gravity in a desired location
- 10
Choose and locate landing gear components appropriate to the aircraft category and weight
- 11
Size and locate tail surfaces to achieve a desired static longitudinal stability and control effectiveness
- 12
Provide a scaled, dimensioned and appropriately labelled three-view line diagram of an aircraft
- 13
Understand the concepts of simple design optimisation via investigation of design choice alternatives
Workload and teaching
3 hours lectures, 4 hours practice sessions or laboratories and 5 hours of private study per week.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Chris Davies
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Hugh Blackburn
Common questions
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Organisational unit
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020