Course Title: Advanced Topics in Aerospace 1
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Advanced Topics in Aerospace 1
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
AERO2327 |
Bundoora Campus |
Postgraduate |
115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2006 |
Course Coordinator: Dr A.K. Sinha
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9645 4541
Course Coordinator Email: arvind.sinha@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Wackett Centre, Fishermans Bend
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
The pre-requisite for this course is an engineering degree from a recognised university.
Course Description
This course seeks to provide postgraduate students from engineering disciplines other than Aerospace with a basic knowledge of aircraft materials. In this course students will address principles of materials engineering for fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course will develop the Technical Competence capability, which is defined as the ability to demonstrate technical skills appropriate to the practice of engineering. Specifically, you will be able to:
- perform a range of analytical tasks appropriate to engineering as a whole;
- demonstrate appropriate understanding of key scientific and other concepts underpinning engineering as a whole:
- utilise mathematics, computational tools and techniques.
Your Professional Skills capability will be developed by providing you with the opportunity to function effectively as an individual and in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team member.
On completion of this course you will able to:
- explain the major materials used in aircraft construction and how to make materials selection;
- explain and analyse fracture, fatigue and creep in aircraft materials;
- explain the mechanisms of corrosion and corrosion control
- explain and analyse friction, lubrication and wear.
Overview of Learning Activities
Your learning will take place through a mixture of formal lectures and tutorials/workshops, and through individual and group work in assignments and directed problem solving exercises.
Overview of Learning Resources
Course-related resources will be provided in the classroom. A reading list will be given.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment will test your understanding of the underlying priciples of materials selection and application in the aerospace context, through a mix of guided formative assessment and summative assessment.