This module will consider mission-based aircraft design methodology: Weight estimation, sensitivity analysis, take-off, and landing performance, Bréguet range equation. It will cover aerodynamic design. It will also consider air-breathing Engine Design and Noise in Propeller and jet-driven aircraft including performance calculations and new developments in electric propulsion and other concepts of propulsion. Structural analysis that includes preliminary design that involves metallic and non-metallic components, identification of critical items and analysis of typical forms of loading and stresses


The aims of this module are to:
- Understanding the past, present and future trends in aeroplane design and the need for a new design
- Review and deepen the understanding of the physical principles of thrust generation by propellers and jet engines
- Design principles of structural analysis, lightweight structures and the concepts of structural topology