ENME486-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023

Special Topic: Aerospace Structures

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

Description

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.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2023

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 11:00 A8 Lecture Theatre
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 08:00 - 09:00 Link 309 Lecture Theatre
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Link 309 Lecture Theatre
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Civil - Mech E201 Mech Computer Lab
27 Feb - 5 Mar
13 Mar - 19 Mar
27 Mar - 2 Apr
1 May - 7 May
15 May - 21 May
29 May - 4 Jun
Tutorial B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 11:00 - 12:00 Psychology - Sociology 210
20 Feb - 26 Feb
6 Mar - 12 Mar
20 Mar - 26 Mar
24 Apr - 30 Apr
8 May - 14 May
22 May - 28 May

Course Coordinator

Stephen Daynes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 35%
Test 1 22 Mar 2023 20%
Project Proposal 31 Mar 2023 5%
Test 2 10 May 2023 20%
Project Report 30 May 2023 20%

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 $1,164.00

International fee $5,750.00

* 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.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 40

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

All ENME486 Occurrences

  • ENME486-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023