Unit of Study Table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Aeronautical Engineering Stream Table |
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Aeronautical Stream Core units |
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| Complete all 108 credit points of the following units of study: | |||
| AERO1560 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering |
6 | N ENGG1800 OR MECH1560 OR MTRX1701 OR CIVL1900 OR CHNG1108 OR AMME1960 OR ENGG1960 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME1362 Materials 1 |
6 | N CIVL2110 or AMME2302 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGG1801 Engineering Computing |
6 | Semester 1 Summer Late |
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| ENGG1802 Engineering Mechanics |
6 | Intensive January Semester 2 Summer Main |
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| AERO2703 Aircraft Performance and Operations |
6 | A AERO1560 or ENGG1800, Familiarity with fundamental Aerospace concepts. P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) AND ENGG1801 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2261 Fluid Mechanics 1 |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) N AMME2200 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2262 Thermal Engineering 1 |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) N AMME2200 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2301 Mechanics of Solids |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) AND ENGG1802 N CIVL2201 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2500 Engineering Dynamics |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) AND ENGG1802 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2700 Instrumentation |
6 | A ENGG1801. Programming Skills, 1st Year maths skills, familiarity with fundamental Aerospace concepts. P AERO1560 OR MECH1560 OR MTRX1701 OR ENGG1800 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH2400 Mechanical Design 1 |
6 | A ENGG1801 and ENGG1802, HSC Maths and Physics |
Semester 2 |
| AERO3260 Aerodynamics 1 |
6 | A General conservation equations applied to fluid flow; Fundamental elements of potential flow; Vorticity and its effect on ideal flow; Basic mathematical skills required for plotting and graphing data; Linear algebra for solution of simultaneous linear equations; Fourier series; Complex numbers and complex functions. P (AMME2200 or AMME2261) |
Semester 2 |
| AERO3261 Propulsion |
6 | A Good knowledge of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics P AMME2200 or (AMME2261 and AMME2262) |
Semester 1 |
| AERO3360 Aerospace Structures 1 |
6 | P AMME2301 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO3460 Aerospace Design 1 |
6 | P AMME2301 and MECH2400 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO3560 Flight Mechanics 1 |
6 | A This Unit of Study builds on basic mechanics and aerodynamics material covered in previous units and focuses it towards the analysis and understanding of aircraft flight mechanics. It is expected that students have satisfactorily completed the following material: ENGG1802 Engineering Mechanics: Forces, moments, equilibrium, momentum, energy, linear and angular motion; AMME2500 Engineering Dynamics 1: Mechanisms, kinematics, frames of reference, mass and inertia, dynamics. If you struggled to pass MECH2500 and/or ENGG1802, you should spend some time revising the material of those Units of Study early in the semester. P AMME2500 C AMME3500 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME3500 System Dynamics and Control |
6 | P AMME2500 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO4460 Aerospace Design 3 |
6 | A AERO1400 and AERO2703 and AERO3465 P AERO3260 and AERO3261 and AERO3360 and AERO3460 |
Semester 1 |
| Students undertaking the Space Major are exempt from AERO2703 and AERO4460. | |||
Aeronautical Stream Specialist units |
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| Complete 48 credit points of the units listed below: | |||
| Select a minimum of 12 credit points from the following Aeronautical Advanced Specialist units: | |||
| AERO4260 Aerodynamics 2 |
6 | P AMME2200 OR AMME2261 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO4360 Aerospace Structures 2 |
6 | A AERO3465 P AERO3360 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO4560 Flight Mechanics 2 |
6 | A AMME2500 develops the basic principles of engineering mechanics and system dynamics that underpin this course. AERO3560 Flight Mechanics 1 develops the specifics of aircraft flight dynamics and stability. AMME3500 Systems control covers basic system theory and control system synthesis techniques. P AERO3560 and AMME3500 |
Semester 2 |
| Select the remaining credit points from the following units: | |||
| AERO1400 Intro to Aircraft Construction and Design |
6 | A Some basic skills with engineering workshop hand tools is desirable. |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2000 Engineering Analysis |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) AND ENGG1801 |
Semester 1 |
| MATH2067 DEs and Vector Calculus for Engineers |
6 | P (MATH1011 or MATH1001 or MATH1901 or MATH1906) and (MATH1014 or MATH1002 or MATH1902) and (MATH1003 or MATH1903 or MATH1907) N MATH2001 or MATH2901 or MATH2005 or MATH2905 or MATH2061 or MATH2961 or MATH2065 or MATH2965 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO3465 Aerospace Design 2 |
6 | A AERO1400 and AMME2302. P AMME2301 and MECH2400 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME3060 Engineering Methods |
6 | P AMME2000 OR MATH2067 OR (MATH2061 AND MATH2065) |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. P AERO5210 or AERO9260 or AERO3260 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5206 Rotary Wing Aircraft |
6 | A Concepts from Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics will be applied to Rotary Wing Vehicles in this unit. P (AERO3260 OR AERO9260) AND (AERO3560 OR AERO9560) |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis |
6 | A (AERO1400, AERO3260, AERO3261, AERO3360, AERO3465, AERO3560 and AERO4460) or equivalent. P AERO3460 or AERO5410 or AERO9460 N AERO4491 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5500 Flight Mechanics Test and Evaluation Adv |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering Field. P AERO5510 OR AERO9560 OR AERO3560 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME5202 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods;Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills. |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5510 Vibration and Acoustics |
6 | P (AMME2301 OR AMME9301) AND (AMME2200 OR AMME2261 OR AMME9261) AND (AMME2500 OR AMME9500) |
Semester 2 |
| A maximum of 6 credit points can be selected from the Engineering General Elective Table. | |||
| Candidates enrolled in the Space major complete the following 18 credit points of units of study: | |||
| AERO2705 Space Engineering 1 |
6 | A First Year Maths and basic MATLAB programming skills in ENGG1801 P (AERO1560 OR MECH1560 OR MTRX1701 OR ENGG1800) AND (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903). Students must have achieved a 65% average mark in 1st year for enrolment in this unit. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO3760 Space Engineering 2 |
6 | P Students must have a 65% average in (AMME2500 AND AMME2261 AND AMME2301 AND AERO2705) OR (AMME2500 AND AMME2301 ANDMTRX2700 AND AERO2705). Note: MUST have passed AERO2705 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO4701 Space Engineering 3 |
6 | P Students must have a 65% average in (AERO3460 AND AERO3360 AND AERO3560 AND AERO3760) OR (MECH3660 AND MECH3261 AND MECH3361 AND AERO3760) OR (MECH3660 AND AMME3500 AND MTRX3700 AND AERO3760) Note: MUST have passed AERO3760 |
Semester 1 |
For a standard enrolment plan for Aeronautical Engineering visit CUSP (https://cusp.sydney.edu.au).