This paper briefly outlines the layout of typical UK Aeronautical Engineering degree courses and shows how a group design project is used as an integrator of core-curriculum subjects. The objectives, organisation and management of final year undergraduate group projects in aircraft design at two UK colleges are described. Emphasis is placed on achieving realism in the feasibility studies carried out by small teams with projects selected to reflect current or future needs for aircraft. Details of the design activities, industry/military participation, useful references and the benefits of CAD are discussed. Fifteen years' experience including a year spent at a US university together with feedback from industry has shown the great value of such projects.
Aircraft design education at the royal military college of science shrivenham (CIT) and Kingston polytechnic
Die Ausbildung in Flugzeugbau am Royal Military College of Science Shrivenham (CIT) und Kingston Polytechnic
AIAA-Papers ; Sep ; 1-9
1987
9 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 31 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Aircraft Design at Kingston Polytechnic
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