Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2021-2022 (archived)

Module ENGI4407: Aircraft Structures 4

Department: Engineering

ENGI4407: Aircraft Structures 4

Type	Tied	Level	4	Credits	10	Availability	Available in 2021/22	Module Cap	None.	Location	Durham

Prerequisites

ENGI3411

Corequisites

As specified in programme regulations.

Excluded Combination of Modules

As specified in programme regulations.

Aims

This module is designed solely for students studying Department of Engineering degree programmes.
To provide an overview and describe the characteristics of aircraft structures.
To explain the working principles of aircraft structures.
To introduce and familiarise students with analytical methods and simulation tools for aircraft structures.

Content

Introduction to aircraft structures.
Bending of unsymmetrical thin-walled open and closed sections.
General torsion theory.
Torsion in thin-walled closed sections.
Shear in thin-walled open and closed sections.
Thin plate theory including bending, deflection, and buckling.
Aircraft bonded joints.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Students will have an understanding of the structural functionality of the components of an aircraft.
Students will have knowledge of the analysis of thin-walled structures, such as wings and fuselages, under different types of loading.

Subject-specific Skills:

An awareness of current technology, analysis methods and industrial practises along with the ability to apply those methods in novel situations.
An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specialised and advanced technical and professional skills, an ability to perform critical assessment and review and an ability to communicate the results of their own work effectively.
Students will be able to perform fundamental aircraft structural design calculations.

Key Skills:

Capacity for independent self-learning within the bounds of professional practice.
Specialised numerical skills appropriate to an engineer.
Mathematics relevant to the application of advanced engineering concepts.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The module content is delivered in lectures and is reinforced by problem sheets, equipping students with the required problem solving capability.
Students are able to make use of staff 'Tutorial Hours' to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis. These are sign up sessions available for up to one hour per week per lecture course.
Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and allow students to demonstrate the ability to solve advanced problems independently.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	20	Typically 1 per week	1 Hour	20
Tutorial Hours	As required	Weekly sign-up sessions	Up to 1 Hour	10
Preparation and Reading				70
Total				100

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Written Examination	2 hours	100%	No

Formative Assessment:

N/A

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University