Engineering Aerodynamics
Engineering Aerodynamics
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A specialisation in Engineering Aerodynamics will provide you with the essential skills to analyse and model a flowfield around an aircraft or helicopter using computational fluid dynamics models and first principle methods.
This specialisation will also provide you with an insight into the behaviour of aircraft when flexibility is included as well as help you understand how to correlate experimental and computational data.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Engineering Aerodynamics |
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| Students complete 18 credit points to achieve this specialisation. | |||
| Students complete 18 credit points from the following: | |||
| AERO4260 Aerodynamics 2 |
6 | P AMME2200 or AMME2261 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field P AERO9260 or AERO8260 or AERO3260 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| 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 P (AERO3260 or AERO9260 or AERO8260) and (AERO3560 or AERO9560 or AERO8560) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Session 2 Early Census |
| 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 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| Units taken for the specialisation will also count toward requirements of the Aeronautical stream. Additional stream elective units should be taken as per the Aeronautical stream table. | |||