Aircraft Design and Performance

Code

MMME1032

School

Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering

Level

1

Credits

20

Semesters

Full Year UK

Summary

This year-long module introduces students on the Aerospace Engineering courses to the basic concepts and practices of aircraft design and flight mechanics. It covers the following topics:

• Aircraft classification and configurations
• Aircraft design procedures
• Aircraft characteristics and performance
• Preliminary aerodynamics analysis
• Flight envelopes
• Steady flight conditions
• Static stability

Target Students

Students must be on one of the Aerospace Engineering courses H402, H40A, H400, H40B. Not available to any other students including exchange students.

Classes

There are 3 weeks in the year wholly devoted to module MMME1050 and during those weeks classes won't take place for MMME1032.

Assessment

• 10% Coursework 1: CW1 (10%) - LO3, LO4
• 5% Coursework 2a: CW2a (5%) - LO1, LO2
• 10% Coursework 2b: CW2b (10%) - LO1, LO2
• 15% Coursework 2c: CW2c (15%) - LO1, LO2
• 20% Coursework 2d: CW2d (20%) - LO1, LO2
• 40% Exam 1 (2-hour): EX1 (40%) - LO1

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module students should be able to:

LO1 - Comprehend and apply the fundamental concepts of aircraft design and flight performance to simplified engineering scenarios. (AHEP 1)

LO2 - Investigate the performance of an aircraft by constructing an appropriate analysis approach when presented with a simple aircraft configuration. (AHEP 2,7)

LO3 - Use appropriate computational tools to explore aircraft flight characteristics from experimental data. (AHEP 3)

LO4 - Record the salient details from an experimental investigation and conduct accurate and appropriate data analysis. (AHEP 12) 

Conveners

• Dr Sam Dakka