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
  • Key features:
  • Study abroad
  • Scholarships available
  • Field trips
  • Accredited course

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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.

Policy on additional costs

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).

Scholarships/sponsorships

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For information about scholarships and bursaries please see our undergraduate fees pages and check the Department's funding pages .

Course unit details:
Structures 1 (Aero)

Course unit fact file
Unit code CIVL11001
Credit rating 10
Unit level Level 1
Teaching period(s) Semester 1
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

This unit introduces the fundamental topics of structural mechanics in the context of both civil and aerospace structures.  The technical focus is on the ideas of equilibrium, stress resultants, stresses and deflections of beams.  This is presented within a context of structural design, with the importance of qualitative understanding of structural behaviour emphasised.

Aims

For students to develop the ability to determine load paths, and stress-resultants in statically determinate structures, and the resulting elastic deflections, stresses and strains.

For students to develop an appreciation of the philosophy and requirements of structural design.  

For students to develop the ability to assess and describe the behaviour of real structures.

Syllabus

 

  • Equilibrium as applied to structures to calculate reaction forces etc.
  • Calculation of forces in trusses using the methods of sections and joints
  • Bending moments and shear forces in beams and associated diagrams. Both qualitative and qualitative approaches.
  • Material behaviour as appropriate to structural analysis.  Concepts of stress, strain, Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, elasticity and plasticity.
  • Euler beam theory and bending stresses in elastic beams
  • Shear stresses in rectangular beams
  • Beam deflections using the method of double integration
  • Section properties of beams including centroids and second moments of area
  • Introduction to torsional behaviour of beams
  • Understanding the philosophy of structural design and how to interpret the behaviour and thinking behind existing structures

Assessment methods

Method Weight
Other 15%
Written exam 50%
Report 5%
Set exercise 30%

Other - Assessed tutorial work

Set exercise - Assessed online tests/quizzes

Feedback methods

Other - Assessed tutorial work

Set exercise - Assessed online tests/quizzes

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Lectures 24
Practical classes & workshops 2
Project supervision 8
Tutorials 6
Independent study hours
Independent study 60

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Parthasarathi Mandal Unit coordinator

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