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This course aims to provide students with a grounding in aerospace design, in terms of both structural design and systems design. The course includes the design process, aerospace load cases, margins of safety, international units, regulations, detailed aerospace structural design, and an introduction to aerospace systems design. CATIA is taught in parallel to develop skills in a common computer aided design tool used in the aerospace industry. The final project aims to provide an experiential learning opportunity and develop team work skills, with students completing a Design-Build-Test project in small groups by designing a representative aerospace part to meet a set of requirements, manufacturing the part, and testing it to failure.

Students are expected to have a sound understanding of engineering design and drawing, statics and free body diagrams, manufacturing, aerospace structural analysis, and flight performance prior to attempting this course.