BEng Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Engineering)

Learning outcomes

1. understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge and professional competencies, some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in aeronautical and aerospace engineering;
2. deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within aeronautical and aerospace engineering;
3. demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
4. describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
5. appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in aeronautical and aerospace engineering;
6. make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
7. apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;
8. conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable;
9. understand the application of design to the modern aerospace industry;
10. design the different aspects of an aerospace vehicle, initial conceptual, performance prediction, vehicle sizing leading onto detail design of the different aerospace vehicle systems;
11. understand the basic concepts of aerospace performance and be able to apply the mathematical tools used for its prediction;
12. solve problems in the area of flight vehicle motion, and gain an understanding of the control and dynamic behaviour of aircraft and spacecraft to atmospheric or control inputs;
13. understand aircraft and spacecraft control, and aerospace orbital vehicle motion;
14. develop an understanding of the fundamentals of aerodynamics from a theoretical perspective;
15. solve problems in the area of potential (ideal) flow theory, wing theory and computational fluid dynamic approaches to advection and diffusion based flows;
16. appreciate the importance of boundary layers and turbulence in the context of aerodynamic flows;
17. have an understanding of the basic principles of structural analysis using finite element methods;
18. understand the limitations of finite element modelling and understand how to interpret and validate the results;
19. understand the processes and assumptions that underpin the definition and development of a FEM to answer a specific engineering question;
20. understand thermodynamics and fluid mechanics of high-speed compressible flows and basic principles of operation of turbomachines relevant to aeronautical engineering

Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Application of science, mathematics and/or engineering principles
2. Problem solving
3. Application of computational and analytical techniques
4. Searching and using technical literature
5. Design skills
6. Sustainability
7. Professional ethics practice
8. Equality, diversity and inclusion
9. Practical and workshop skills
10. Technical awareness of engineering materials, equipment, technologies, and processes
11. Quality management
12. Engineering and project management
13. Communication and collaboration
14. Lifelong learning
15. Time and personal management
16. Academic integrity

Assessment

Achievement may be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and may include written examinations, in-class and online tests, problem sheets, assignments, and coursework in the form of projects, reports, presentations and posters.