This course will endeavour to stimulate an enthusiasm for Aerospace Engineering by introducing such as the history of flight, aerodynamics, aircraft propulsion, aerospace systems and spacecraft systems.

2 lectures per week

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100% Written Exam

The aims of this course are to:

■ provide an introductory course on the wide-ranging subject of Aerospace Engineering;

■ encourage students to work effectively and to grow in their ability to take responsibility for their own learning;

■ enable students to acquire the necessary generic skills which will equip them as lifelong learners away from the University and to become both prized by employers and of benefit in a changing global society;

■ stimulate an enthusiasm for Aerospace Engineering and its study in an atmosphere conducive to the pursuit of scholarship.

By the end of the course students will be able to:

■ relate the key topics in Aerospace Engineering to the various fundamental disciplines of mechanics;

■ communicate in the nomenclature (jargon, terms) used in Aerospace Engineering;

■ carry out simple calculations in mechanics that will provide an indication of the sizes of parameters in practical applications in Aerospace Engineering;

■ describe key fundamental concepts used to describe problems in Aerospace Engineering;

■ identify the role of problem solving in specific engineering challenges.

Students must attend the degree examination and submit at least 75% by weight of the other components of the course's summative assessment.

Students should attend at least 75% of the timetabled classes of the course.

Note that these are minimum requirements: good students will achieve far higher participation/submission rates.  Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report.