ENME422-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Special Topic

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

Special Topic

Aerospace Structures.

This course develops engineering analysis skills with focus on methods relevant to aerospace structures. This includes stress, strain, deflection, and stability analyses. It also includes understanding the loads experienced by aircraft and spacecraft. Major topics include: thin and rib-stiffened structures, light weight materials, energy methods, application of the finite element method, and airframe loads.

Learning Outcomes

  • Washington Accord (V4) Summary of Graduate Attributes attained in this course:
     WA1 – Engineering Knowledge
     WA2 – Problem Analysis
     WA4 – Investigation
     WA5 – Tool Usage
     WA9 – Communication

  • Course topics with Learning Outcomes (and Washington Accord (WA) and UC Graduate Attributes) identified.

    1. Vectors and Matrices, Stress (shear and normal), Stress Transformation and Principal Stresses, Strain and Strain Displacement Relations, Stress-Strain Relations and Thermal Strain
    2. Equilibrium at a Point and Field Equations, Design and Strength Theories, Strain Energy and Complementary energy (Theorems)
    3. Beams – Compound and Asymmetric, Rayleigh-Ritz Method and Total Potential Energy
    4. Torsion of Thin-Wall Closed Sections, Bending in Plates, Bending / Twisting in Plates, Plate Boundary Conditions
    5. Stability and Euler Column Buckling, Buckling of Thin Plates
    6. Aerospace Materials, Introduction to Composite Materials, Introduction to Composite Structures Analysis, Composite Laminate Theory
    7. Aircraft Structures and Loads
    8. Transverse Shear in Thin-walled Beams
    9. Overarching course objectives (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA10) (EIE2)
            9.1. Discuss fundamental energy principles related to structural analysis such as the  principle of total potential energy and the principle of virtual work
            9.2. Discuss the fundamentals of instability analysis as it applies to thin plate-like structures
            9.3. Discuss the common materials used in aircraft and spacecraft structural components
            9.4. Estimate typical airframe loads and discuss the concept of airworthiness
            9.5. Perform deflection and stress analysis of thin-walled beams
            9.6. Discuss the role of the finite element method for the analysis of aerospace structures
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 13:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 240
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 12 May
20 May - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00 Rehua 528
26 Feb - 3 Mar
11 Mar - 17 Mar
25 Mar - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 5 May
13 May - 19 May
27 May - 2 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 Rehua 528
19 Feb - 25 Feb
4 Mar - 10 Mar
22 Apr - 28 Apr
6 May - 12 May
20 May - 26 May
Lecture D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 240
13 May - 19 May
Computer Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 Civil - Mech E201 Mech Computer Lab
19 Feb - 25 Feb
4 Mar - 10 Mar
18 Mar - 24 Mar
22 Apr - 28 Apr
6 May - 12 May
20 May - 26 May

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 Rehua 528
18 Mar - 24 Mar
Test B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 13:00 - 14:00 Jack Erskine 240
13 May - 19 May

Lecturer

Stephen Daynes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
In-class Test 1 19 Mar 2024 20%
Project proposal 28 Mar 2024 5%
In-class Test 2 13 May 2024 20%
Project report 28 May 2024 20%
Final Exam 35%

Notes

For detailed course, policy, regulatory and integrity information, please refer to the UC web site, or see relevant Course or Department LEARN pages, (which are available to enrolled students).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,197.00

International fee $6,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

All ENME422 Occurrences

  • ENME422-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024