Master of Engineering (MEng)

MEng Aerospace Engineering

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  • Duration: 4 years
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: H402 / Institution code: M20
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Fees and funding

Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

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All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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Course unit details:
Fluid Mechanics for Aerospace and Mechanical Engineers

Course unit fact file
Unit code AERO10421
Credit rating 10
Unit level Level 1
Teaching period(s) Semester 1
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

This unit introduces Fluid Mechanics and fluid motion to 1st year students.  Fluid Mechanics is one of the core and key sciences in most Engineering disciplines, including Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Advances in aerodynamic performance, the performance of power producing systems such as gas-turbines, steam turbines and internal combustion engines, the performance of cooling, heating and many other engineering systems rely on a sound understanding and analysis of the flow processes present. This unit provides an introduction to the Fluid Mechanics, focusing on the topics that are relevant to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering applications. Intended learning outcomes are, understanding of the basics of flow behaviour in engineering systems, awareness of the physical laws that govern fluid motion and development of analytical skills for simple flow systems.

 

 

Aims

To give students an introductory understanding of the motion of fluids and its relevance to Engineering.
To introduce students to continuum mechanics
To introduce students to fluid flow
To introduce students to the equations of fluid mechanics
 

Syllabus

1) Basic features of fluid behaviour

2) Hydrostatics. Variation of pressure in stationary fluids and manometry applications.

Calculation of hydrostatic forces on plane surfaces. Buoyancy.

3) Fluid Dynamics. The mass-continuity, the force-momentum and their application

within the control volume analysis. Momentum along a streamline (Bernoulli’s

equation) and normal to a streamline (rotational motion).

4) Viscous flow applications. Qualitative discussion of the development of boundary

layer, recirculating, impinging, aerofoil and internal flows and the phenomenon of

turbulence. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of drag and lift forces.statements.

Assessment methods

Method Weight
Other 20%
Written exam 80%

Other: Assessed tutorial work 15% and 5% assessed laboratory

Feedback methods

Feedback on the Assessed tutorial work both class-wide and individual

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
eAssessment 2
Lectures 24
Practical classes & workshops 2
Tutorials 30
Independent study hours
Independent study 42

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Alistair Revell Unit coordinator

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