Aircraft Conceptual Design - Project Course, 6 credits

Aircraft Conceptual Design - Project Course, 6 hp

TMAL06

Main field of study

Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

David Lundström

Director of studies or equivalent

Peter Hallberg

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 h
Recommended self-study hours: 112 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6CMMM Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 English Linköping, Valla E
6CMMM Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering (Aeronautical Engineering) 8 (Spring 2017) 2 2 English Linköping, Valla C

Main field of study

Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Aircraft and vehicle design, Aircraft conceptual design, Aerodynamics, Flight Mechanics

Intended learning outcomes

The purpose of the course is to provide engineering students with good understanding of aircraft design and the role of knowledge based engineering, so that a good overall picture is obtained and a sound engineering approach to developing new designs linked to industrial operations is developed, through experience of a realistic design project

Course content

Aircraft conceptual design, Knowledge based engineering for aircraft conceptual design.

Teaching and working methods

Instruction is carried out in the form of lectures, and project work

Examination

PRA1Project assignment6 creditsU, G
Grades are given as ’Fail’ or ’Pass’

Grades

Two-grade scale, U, G

Department

Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

Director of Studies or equivalent

Peter Hallberg

Examiner

David Lundström

Course website and other links

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 h
Recommended self-study hours: 112 h

Course literature

Compendium in Airframe Design
Code Name Scope Grading scale
PRA1 Project assignment 6 credits U, G
Grades are given as ’Fail’ or ’Pass’

Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)

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LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva. 

Compendium in Airframe Design

Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.

I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
I U A Modules Comment
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)

                            
1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)

                            
1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)

                            
1.5 Insight into current research and development work

                            
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery

                            
2.3 System thinking

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork

                            
3.2 Communications

                            
3.3 Communication in foreign languages

                            
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
4.1 External, societal, and environmental context

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management

                            
4.4 Designing

                            
4.5 Implementing

                            
4.6 Operating

                            
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects

                            
5.4 Execution of research or development projects

                            
5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects

                            

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