Course Title: Aerospace Materials

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Aerospace Materials

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

AERO2566

City Campus

Postgraduate

115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2016

AERO2566

City Campus

Postgraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Everson Kandare

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6166

Course Coordinator Email: everson.kandare@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 251.03.007


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.


Course Description

This course provides you with the skills required in the design process of aerospace structures and components considering the broad range of engineering materials available. You will learn both qualitative and quantitative methods of materials selection. You will also study the main properties, domain of application and fabrication processes of aerospace materials, with a particular emphasis on lightweight alloys and composite materials. You will investigate the impact of different materials in critical areas pertaining to the operation of aircraft, such as structural integrity (including prevention methods), airworthiness requirements (including testing and maintenance), sustainability/recyclability issues and cost effectiveness. Furthermore, you will be exposed to state-of-the-art materials topics (e.g., nanomaterials and smart materials), and assess pathways for the development of aerospace structures and components with optimised features.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following program learning outcomes:

1. Needs, Context and Systems
• Describe, investigate and analyse complex engineering systems and associated issues (using systems thinking and modelling techniques)
• Exposit legal, social, economic, ethical and environmental interests, values, requirements and expectations of key stakeholders

2. Problem Solving and Design
• Anticipate the consequences of intended action or inaction and understand how the consequences are managed collectively by your organisation, project or team

3. Analysis
• Apply underpinning natural, physical and engineering sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer and information sciences.

4. Professional Practice
• Understand the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice in the specific discipline
• Communicate in a variety of different ways to collaborate with other people, including accurate listening, reading and comprehension, based on dialogue when appropriate, taking into account the knowledge, expectations, requirements, interests, terminology
• Display a personal sense of responsibility for your work

5. Research
• Be aware of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline.

 

For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.  

 

 


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

  1. Apply qualitative and quantitative methods in the selection of materials as a fundamental step in the design phase of aerospace structures and components
  2. Evaluate the properties, performance and applicable domain of typical aerospace materials
  3. Describe the main damage mechanisms affecting different types of aerospace materials and propose adequate mitigation actions
  4. Critically discuss the influence of different materials in the initial and continuous airworthiness of aircraft, observing the applicable professional practices and existing standards
  5. Select the best fabrication processes to meet the design and operation requirements of aircraft structures and components;
  6. Identify alternative and viable materials in light of recent concerns towards the sustainability and recyclability issues of modern aircraft from a global perspective
  7. Demonstrate awareness of recent scientific and technological developments in the field of aerospace materials, and assess their potential to enhance the performance of aircraft in near future (e.g. smart-materials, nano-materials, functionally graded materials, new alloys and fabrication processes)


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as pre-recorded lectures, tutorials, in-class tests, virtual experiments, laboratory experiments, 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, andthrough 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

This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment Tasks

Early Assessment Task: Early Timed Assessment
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 1 & 2
This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment of less than two hours duration that students must attend on campus.

Assessment Task 2: Assignment
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 3, 4 & 5.

Assessment Task 3: Laboratory Report 
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLO: 2.

Assessment Task 4: Timed Final Assessment
Weighting: 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 - 7. 
This assessment is a timed and timetabled assessment of less than two hours duration that students must attend on campus.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.