Competencies and objectives
Course context for academic year 2024-25
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Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2024-25
Transversal Competences
- CT01 : Use the foreign language fluently to access information, respond to the needs of society and be self-sufficient in the preparation of their professional life.
- CT02 : Utilizar de forma habitual las herramientas informáticas, así como las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, en todo su desempeño profesional.
- CT03 : Comunicar de forma oral y escrita transmitiendo información, ideas, problemas y soluciones a un público tanto especializado como no especializado.
General Competences
- CG01 : Capacity for the design, development and management in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired as established in section 5 of the order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, air navigation infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG02 : Planning, drafting, direction and management of projects, calculations and manufacturing in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired in accordance with section 5 of order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, air navigation infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG03 : Installation, operation and maintenance in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired as established in section 5 of the order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, of aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, air navigation infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG04 : Verification and Certification in the field of aeronautical engineering, in accordance with the knowledge acquired as established in section 5 of order CIN/308/2009, of 9 February, on aerospace vehicles, aerospace propulsion systems, aerospace materials, airport infrastructures, aeronautical infrastructures and any space, traffic and air transport management system.
- CG05 : Ability to carry out activities of design, technical management, expertise, drafting of reports, opinions, and technical advice in tasks related to Aeronautical Technical Engineering, exercise of genuinely aerospace technical functions and positions.
- CG06 : Ability to participate in flight test programmes to collect data on take-off distances, climb rates, stall speeds, manoeuvrability and landing capabilities.
- CG07 : Capacity to analyse and assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.
- CG08 : Knowledge, understanding and ability to apply the necessary legislation in the exercise of the profession of Aeronautical Technical Engineering.
Specific Competences
- CE16 : Adequate knowledge and application to engineering of the concepts and laws governing the processes of energy transfer, fluid movement, heat transfer mechanisms and the change of matter and their role in the analysis of the main aerospace propulsion systems.
- CE18 : Appropriate knowledge applied to Engineering of: the fundamentals of fluid mechanics; the basic principles of flight control and automation; the main physical and mechanical characteristics and properties of materials.
- CE19 : Applied knowledge of: materials science and technology; mechanics and thermodynamics; fluid mechanics; aerodynamics and flight mechanics; navigation and air traffic systems; aerospace technology; theory of structures; air transport; economics and production; projects; environmental impact.
Basic Competences
- CB2 : Students should know how to apply their knowledge to their job or vocation in a professional manner and should possess those skills that are usually reflected when preparing and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.
- CB3 : That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make judgements that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
- Describe the main characteristics, properties and concepts relating to fluids within the development of Fluid Mechanics.
- Construct the equations of conservation of mass, quantity of movement and energy of a fluid, formulating the Navier-Stokes and Euler equations, and estimating the dominant effects according to the problem considered.
- Apply dimensional analysis and physical similarity to fluid mechanics problems, identifying the most important dimensionless parameters in fluid movement.
- Calculate the forces exerted by a fluid on a solid and the flow of unidirectional and turbulent movements in conduits.
- Calculate the flow of gases in convergent and convergent-divergent vessels and nozzles, as well as shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer expansion.
- Describe the main aerospace propulsion systems and their architecture.
- Construct the general equations of jet engines and calculate the cycle analysis and performances of a turbojet.
- Identify the environmental impact of propulsion systems.
Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2024-25
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General
Code:
33817
Lecturer responsible:
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Credits ECTS:
9,00
Theoretical credits:
0,00
Practical credits:
3,60
Distance-base hours:
5,40
Departments involved
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Dept:
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Area: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Theoretical credits: 0
Practical credits: 1,2 -
Dept:
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Area: APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Theoretical credits: 0
Practical credits: 1,2
This Dept. is responsible for the course.
This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record. -
Dept:
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Area: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
Theoretical credits: 0
Practical credits: 1,2
Study programmes where this course is taught
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DEGREE IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Course type: COMPULSORY (Year: 2)