Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Advanced Aircraft Structural Analysis

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
AERO2517	City Campus	Postgraduate	115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2016
AERO2517	City Campus	Postgraduate	172H School of Engineering	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2024, Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Prof. Adrian Orifici

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 6092

Course Coordinator Email: adrian.orifici@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 251.03.044

Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.

Course Description

This course aims to advance the skills of aerospace professional engineers in the area of aircraft structures, building upon the topics covered in typical aerospace (or equivalent) undergraduate engineering programs. You will be provided with an introduction to the design process of advanced aircraft structures followed by stress/strain analyses of thin-walled structures including non-linear deformation and failure theories for lightweight metallic and composite structures. In addition, you will study fatigue and fracture mechanics of aircraft structures. Furthermore, you will have an opportunity to gain professional experience in utilisation of computational stress analyses of lightweight structures using finite element method.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the program learning outcomes for the following programs:

MC225P16 - Master of Engineering (Aerospace)

PLO 3. Demonstrate advanced and integrated knowledge of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities, and bounds and a critical appreciation of trends in contemporary practice, sustainability, research and innovation in the engineering discipline.
PLO 4. Apply advanced knowledge of established engineering methods in the analysis of complex problems in the engineering discipline
PLO 5. Utilise advanced mathematics, software, tools and techniques, in the conduct of research into the design and analysis of complex engineering systems
PLO 8. Communicate engineering designs and solutions respectfully and effectively, employing a range of advanced communication methods in interpreting and transmitting knowledge, in an individual or team environment, to diverse audiences.​​
PLO 10. Critically analyse, evaluate, and transform information, while exercising professional expert judgement in a dynamic environment in the absence of complete data, in an engineering context.
PLO 11. Collaborate and contribute as an effective team member or leader in diverse specialist and multi-disciplinary teams, with commitment to First Nations peoples and/or globally inclusive perspectives and participation in an engineering context.​

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:

CLO1 Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the design practice for aircraft structures.
CLO2 Apply structural analysis methods to analyse the bending, shear and torsion performance of aircraft structures.
CLO3 Apply knowledge of buckling, fatigue and fracture to the analysis of metallic and composite aircraft structures.
CLO4 Critically evaluate the analysis of aircraft structures in an engineering context
CLO5 Utilise finite element software for the analysis of a complex aircraft structure, referencing appropriate engineering practice.
CLO6 Collaborate and contribute as an effective team member through participation in the analysis of a complex aircraft structure.
CLO7 Communicate respectfully and professionally using the vocabulary of aircraft structural analysis.

Overview of Learning Activities

Learning activities can include lectorials (combined lectures and tutorials) and assignments.

Overview of Learning Resources

Course-related resources will be provided on the course Learning Management System (Canvas), which is accessed through myRMIT. This can include lecture material, tutorials, supplementary course notes, problem sheets and solutions, and references.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment 1: Mid-Semester Assessment, 20%, CLO 2
Assessment 2: Team Project, 40%, CLO4, CLO5, CLO6 and CLO7
Assessment 3: End-Semester Test, 40%, CLO1, CLO2, CLO3 and CLO4