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AERO2460: Aerospace Design 1
2025 unit information
An introduction to aerospace design methods and certification requirements; design of fundamental aerospace structure components (struts, bolts, lugs, rivets, undercarriages, engine moments, external structures); and different loading conditions (design and off-design, gyroscopic, cyclic, vibration, landing). Students also learn how to produce standard engineering drawings using a CAD package. Students are expected to produce professional design reports to demonstrate compliance with regulations. The unit draws on the materials, statics, and mechanics units from year 1, together with year 2 units, with a particular emphasis on the application of these techniques in the aerospace context. It is the first of three core aerospace design units in the aeronautical engineering degree curriculum.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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AERO1400 and (ENGG1801 or ENGG1810) and AMME1802 and (AMME1362 or CIVL1110) |
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Corequisites:
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AMME2301 |
| Prohibitions:
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AERO3460 or MECH2400 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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AERO1560 or ENGG1800. Familiarity with fundamental Aerospace concepts |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Describe, understand and interpret the role of trade-off study, performance, manufacture and assembly within the overall aerospace design process based on the relevant regulations and certification requirements
- LO2. Development and analysis three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) models specific for complex aerospace components. Develop the ability to interpret, reverse engineer and draft engineering drawings in the design of an aerospace component or assembly.
- LO3. Apply computer aided design principles for the design, assembly and testing of well-defined aerospace components.
- LO4. Perform basic stress and deflection analysis using referenced equations in compliance with Australian and International standards/regulations.
- LO5. Evaluate and select engineering materials, design methodologies, and assembly processes based on manufacturing opportunities and constraints relevant to the aerospace industry.
- LO6. Design and verify appropriateness of analysis of a complex aerospace component accounting for aircraft performance, certification and design requirements. Developing the ability to process large amount of information to select appropriate methodology of analysis and design appropriate to the given specifications.
- LO7. Understand the role of safety factor, margin of safety, limit and ultimate loads, V-N diagrams, damage tolerance and design approaches of aerospace structures, components and advanced composite materials subjected to quasi-static and fatigue loading.
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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