Aeronautical (Space) Engineering stream
Unit of study table
Aeronautical (Space) Engineering stream |
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| Completion of a stream is a requirement of the Bachelor of Engineering Honours. | |||||
| Students complete 120 credit points from the Aeronautical (Space) Stream table comprising: | |||||
| (a) 114 credit points of Aeronautical (Space) Stream Core units | |||||
| (b) 6 credit points of Aeronautical (Space) Stream Core Extension units | |||||
| (c) Stream Elective units, Aeronautical Engineering Project units, and AMMExxxx Specialist Elective units may be taken within the Free Elective block. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Stream Core units |
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| AERO1400 Intro to Aircraft Construction and Design |
6 | A Some basic skills with engineering workshop hand tools is desirable |
| AERO2460 Aerospace Design 1 |
6 | A AERO1560 C AMME2301 P ENGG1810 AND AERO1400 AND AMME1362 AND AMME1802 N AERO3460 or MECH2400 |
| AERO2710 Analysis of Aerospace Engineering Data |
6 | P AERO1560 AND ENGG1810 AND AMME1705 |
| AERO2705 Space Engineering 1 |
6 | A ENGG1801 or ENGG1810. First Year Maths and basic MATLAB programming skills P (AERO1560 or MECH1560 or MTRX1701 or ENGG1800) and (MATH1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1901 or MATH1921 or MATH1906 or MATH1931) and (MATH1002 or MATH1902) and (MATH1003 or MATH1023 or MATH1903 or MATH1923). Entry to this unit requires that students are eligible for Space Engineering |
| 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 |
| AERO3261 Propulsion |
6 | A Good knowledge of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics P AMME2200 or (AMME2261 and AMME2262) |
| AERO3360 Aerospace Structures 1 |
6 | P AMME2301 |
| AERO3465 Aerospace Design 2 |
6 | A AERO1400 AND AMME2302 AND AMME1362 P AMME2301 and (AERO2460 or MECH2400) |
| 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 or AMME1802): 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 AMME2500 and/or (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802), you should spend some time revising the material of those Units of Study early in the semester P AMME2500 C AMME3500 |
| AERO3760 Space Engineering 2 |
6 | P Students must have a 65% average in [(AMME2500 AND AMME2261 AND AMME2301 AND AERO2705) OR (AMME2500 AND AMME2301 AND MTRX2700 AND AERO2705) OR (AMME2500 AND AMME2200 AND AMME2301 AND AERO2705)]. Note: MUST have passed AERO2705 |
| AERO4701 Space Engineering 3 |
6 | P 65% average in {[AERO3360 and (AERO2460 or AERO3460) and AERO3560 and AERO3760] or (AERO3760 and MECH3261 and MECH3361 and MECH3660) or (AERO3760 and AMME3500 and MECH3660 and MTRX3700)} and must have passed AERO3760. Students must have achieved a 65% average mark in 3rd year for enrolment in this unit. |
| AMME1362 Introduction to Engineering Materials |
6 | A HSC Mathematics Extension 1 N CIVL2110 or CIVL1110 or AMME2302 |
| AMME1705 Introduction to Electromechanical Systems |
6 | N AMME2700 |
| AMME1802 Engineering Mechanics |
6 | N CIVL1802 or ENGG1802 |
| AMME2000 Engineering Analysis |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) AND (ENGG1801 OR ENGG1810 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1110 OR INFO1910 OR DATA1002 OR DATA1902) N BMET2960 |
| AMME2200 Introductory Thermofluids |
6 | A (MATH1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1901 or MATH1921 or MATH1906 or MATH1931) and (MATH1002 or MATH1902) and (MATH1003 or MATH1023 or MATH1903 or MATH1923 or MATH1907 or MATH1933). Students are expected to be familiar with basic, first year, integral calculus, differential calculus and linear algebra N AMME2261 OR AMME2262 |
| AMME2301 Mechanics of Solids |
6 | P (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802) AND (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) N CIVL2201 |
| AMME2500 Engineering Dynamics |
6 | A Familiarity with the MATLAB programming environment P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) AND (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802) |
| AMME3500 System Dynamics and Control |
6 | P AMME2500 |
Stream Core Extension units |
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| AERO4260 Aerodynamics 2 |
6 | P AMME2200 OR AMME2261 |
| AERO4360 Aerospace Structures 2 |
6 | A AERO3465 P AERO3360 |
| 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 |
Stream Elective units |
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| AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field |
| AERO5206 Rotary Wing Aircraft |
6 | A Prior Learning: concepts from 3000 level Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics will be applied to Rotary Wing Vehicles in this unit |
| AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis |
6 | A Undergraduate level 1, 2 and 3 or Foundation Masters units in Aerospace Design are expected to have been completed before undertaking this unit N AERO4491 |
| AERO5500 Flight Mechanics Test and Evaluation Adv |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering Field |
| AERO5700 Space Engineering (Advanced) |
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| AERO5750 Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems |
6 | A AERO1560, AERO1400, AMME2700, (AERO2460 or AERO3460), AERO3560, AERO3260, AERO3261 and AERO4460 |
| AMME4010 Major Industrial Project |
24 | P 36 cp of any 3000- or higher level Engineering units of study with 70% average N AMME4111 or AMME4112 or ENGG4000 or MECH4601 For students whose degree includes ENGG4000, AMME4010 counts in place of this unit. Students whose degree includes the Professional Engagement Program must enrol in all PEP units. AMME4010 will count toward the Engineering Work requirement. |
Aeronautical Engineering Project units |
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| Students must have WAM of 75 or higher to be eligible to take these units. | ||
| AERO2711 Aerospace Engineering Project 1 |
6 | A Must be enrolled in the Aeronautical stream or the Space major, have completed at least one year of study in the BE Hons, and have a WAM of 75 or higher |
| AERO3711 Aerospace Engineering Project 2 |
6 | A Must be enrolled in the Aeronautical stream or the Space major, have completed at least 2 years of study in the BE Hons, and have a WAM of 75 or higher |
| AERO4711 Aerospace Engineering Project 3 |
6 | A Must be enrolled in the Aeronautical stream or the Space major, have completed at least 3 years of study in the BE Hons, and have a WAM of 75 or higher |
AMMExxxx Specialist Elective units |
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| AMME3060 Engineering Methods |
6 | P AMME2000 OR MATH2067 OR (MATH2061 AND MATH2065) OR MATH2021 |
| AMME5060 Advanced Computational Engineering |
6 | A Linear algebra, calculus and partial differential equations, Taylor series, the finite difference and finite element methods, numerical stability, accuracy, direct and iterative linear solvers and be able to write Matlab Scripts to solve problems using these methods |
| AMME5202 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 P [(MECH3261 AND AMME2000) OR (AERO3260 AND AMME2000)] OR ENGG5202 OR MECH8261 N AMME8202 |
| AMME5292 Advanced Fluid Dynamics |
6 | P MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261 or CIVL3612 or CIVL9612 or AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 |
| AMME5510 Vibration and Acoustics |
6 | P (AMME2301 OR AMME9301) AND (AMME2200 OR AMME2261 OR AMME9261) AND (AMME2500 OR AMME9500) N AMME8510 |
| AMME5520 Advanced Control and Optimisation |
6 | A Strong understanding of feedback control systems, specifically in the area of system modelling and control design in the frequency domain P AMME3500 OR AMME9501 or AMME8501 N AMME8520 |
