MAE3407 Aircraft structures 2
Faculty of Engineering
MAE3407 Aircraft structures 2 is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It needs MAE2401.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
The 2027 handbook has no page for MAE3407. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before MAE3407
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After MAE3407
No unit lists MAE3407 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This unit aims to develop an understanding of the analytical methodologies used in strength and stiffness assessment of aircraft structures. The unit will develop an understanding of the translation of aerodynamic and ground loading on aircraft wings and fuselage to the overall airframe. An understanding of the concept of structural idealisation and constraint will be developed along with real-world limitations. The principles of stressed skin construction will be considered in detail. The unit aims to develop an understanding of the analysis and design of structural problems common in the aerospace industry. It will provide you with the tools necessary to analyse aircraft structures.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for MAE3407.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe the relevance of strength and stiffness aspects of aircraft structures and components, including stressed skin construction.
- 2
Select appropriate modelling tools and analytical methodologies to analyse structural aerospace problems.
- 3
Address the interaction between, often conflicting, requirements in the design of airframes i.e. aerodynamics, avionics and propulsion.
- 4
Interpret and translate real-world forces into abstract form for engineering modelling of airframes.
- 5
Manage the relationship between analytical methodologies and real-world aircraft design.
- 6
Design original solutions to new engineering problems in the aerospace industry.
Workload and teaching
Six hours of contact time per week (usually 3 hours lectures and 3 hours practice sessions or laboratories) and 6 hours of private study per week
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Chris Davies
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Tuck Ng
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MAE3407?
You need MAE2401 before you enrol.
When is MAE3407 offered?
MAE3407 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
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