Course Title: Design for Manufacture and Assembly

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Design for Manufacture and Assembly

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

AERO2252

City Campus

Undergraduate

115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

AERO2252

City Campus

Undergraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Dr Raj Ladani

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6532

Course Coordinator Email: raj.ladani@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: B251 F03 R008


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

OENG1204 Creative Engineering CAD, or equivalent


Course Description

In this course you will learn to undertake abstract and concrete design tasks at an intermediate level, taking into account the aerospace structure requirements. You will study manufacturing and assembly technologies that are relevant to the design of aerospace components. This includes the capabilities, limitations and cost considerations of manufacturing and assembly in aerospace component design. You will also learn to identify the advantages and limitations of various manufacturing processes and the impact of material properties. Computer-based tutorials in this course will further your capabilities of computer aided design in digital manufacturing and assembly. This course will provide a project-based learning experience in the use of digital design techniques and the management of larger open-ended, team-based conceptual design tasks involving digital manufacturing using 3D printing and structural integrity testing in a laboratory.

 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following program learning outcomes of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours):

  • Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice in the specific discipline
  • Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes


Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the role of manufacture and assembly within the overall aerospace design process;
  2. Develop three-dimensional computer aided design models for complex aerospace components;
  3. Apply computer aided design principles for assembly of well-defined aerospace components;
  4. Evaluate and select engineering materials and manufacturing and assembly processes relevant to the aerospace industry;
  5. Quantify cost and metrics for manufacturing and assembly processes relevant to the aerospace industry;
  6. Design a complex, well-defined aerospace component accounting for manufacture and assembly.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

X This course has no hurdle requirements.

☐ All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

Assessment tasks

Assessment Task 1: CAD Assignment
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 2, 3 & 6

This assessment will be a take-home assignment on computer-aided design of aircraft assembly to be completed within a time window of minimum 6 weeks.

Assessment Task 2: Group Design Assignment
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 1 – 6

This assignment will be a group design report for the design, manufacture and structural testing activity to be completed within a time window of minimum 6 weeks.

Assessment Task 3: Test
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 1, 4 – 6

This assessment will be a written paper on design requirements and analysis to be completed in 2 hours. This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment of less than 2 hours duration that students must attend on campus except for international students who are resident outside Australia.