| Semester 2, 2023 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Engineering |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in the following Program: MENS (Aerospace Engineering specialisation)
Overview
This is introductory course to aerospace engineering, and one of the core courses of standard Aerospace Engineering program which provides students to understand the integration of engineering systems and subsystems to build an aircraft and interactive operation of those systems to enable aircraft to operate safely in the wide range of environments experienced in aerospace applications. This is to develop the appreciation of the hostile environmental and safety margins / redundancy in engineering design to minimise consequential adverse and catastrophic outcomes in aerospace design for various typical applications.
All aircraft and space vehicles have a requirement for essential systems to support flight, such as the engine, fuel, lubrication, cooling, electrical shielding, minimisation of energy requirements, re-entry requirements, thermal and high energy atomic particle environmental impacts on materials, landing gear, and environmental control systems. Understanding the systems of aerospace vehicles is critical to their safe operation and proper maintenance, and includes and understanding of the types of data collection and analysis to determine if usual, unusual or critical operational outcomes are in progress. This course covers aerospace systems, subsystem integration and their interaction with material technology issues.
Course learning outcomes
- Define environmental operational conditions extremes and criticality issues associated with materials or engineering technology to be used in the design process;
- Appraise the essential aircraft systems needed to fly an aircraft;
- Design the integration and interaction of essential systems in an aircraft;
- Determine the functional requirements, performance and limitations of each system and related subsystems;
- Outline the service requirements and regulations by certification authorities for the safe operation of aircraft.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Flight Control System | 10.00 |
| 2. | Engine Control System | 10.00 |
| 3. | Fuel System | 10.00 |
| 4. | Hydraulic System | 10.00 |
| 5. | Electrical System | 10.00 |
| 6. | Pneumatic System | 10.00 |
| 7. | Ambient Environmental Conditions | 10.00 |
| 8. | Emergency Systems | 10.00 |
| 9. | Selected Topics - systems of Rockets, Drones & UAVs, Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing Aircrafts, thermal protection systems, space micro-meteorites/dust, particle impacts on materials and electronics. | 15.00 |
| 10. | System Integration and Controls (Overview) | 5.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Report 1 | No | 20 | 1,2,3,6 |
| Report 2 | No | 30 | 1,4,5,6 |
| Report 3 | No | 50 | 1,3,4,5,6 |