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(MEng) Aerospace Engineering, Astronautics & Space Technology
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There has been much debate regarding the “best” approach for students to learn Mathematics, altho... more There has been much debate regarding the “best” approach for students to learn Mathematics, although it has been acknowledged that this may vary between students and between specialised subject areas. In this study, we investigate similarities and differences in students’ self-perceived preparedness for their degree studies and their preferred approaches to studying mathematics between three different groups – specialist students of Mathematics, Aeronautical Engineering students and Civil Engineering students – all of whom have to study Mathematics as part of their degrees. We interviewed a number of students from each group, asking them about their previous Mathematical background, how much of the first year (level 4) material was new to them, whether resources provided where sufficient, the extent to which they found "MathsAid" drop-in support sessions useful and their preferred type of resources (lecture notes, text books, on-line, etc) for revision.
Kingston University London, 2019
Design and manufacture of a toroidal aerospike engine and nozzle along with low-speed wind tunnel... more Design and manufacture of a toroidal aerospike engine and nozzle along with low-speed wind tunnel testing to investigate its performance against a conventional bell nozzle.
Space missions being incredibly expensive, the industry is always looking for ways of reducing th... more Space missions being incredibly expensive, the industry is always looking for ways of reducing the costs. A huge percentage of the cost of any space mission is the launch. Therefore, the recent technology of reusing launch vehicles has been revolutionary. This report focuses on the control surfaces of such reusable launch vehicles with lattice fins in particular. After conducting wind tunnel testing for several fin designs, a conclusion as to the best available design will be made.
This report focuses on generating CFD results for a two-dimensional aerofoil at low speed over a... more This report focuses on generating CFD results for a two-dimensional aerofoil at low
speed over an angle of attack range of -2 degrees to 20 degrees. All calculations and simulations are run on a NACA 0012 aerofoil. The results generated include the coefficient of drag, coefficient of lift and coefficient of moment. After these values are generated, they are compared JavaFoil and XFoil results and to other already known values for validation.
This report focuses on determining the initial steps needed to be applied in order to obtain succ... more This report focuses on determining the initial steps needed to be applied in order to obtain successful and useful CFD results.
There has been much debate regarding the “best” approach for students to learn Mathematics, altho... more There has been much debate regarding the “best” approach for students to learn Mathematics, although it has been acknowledged that this may vary between students and between specialised subject areas. In this study, we investigate similarities and differences in students’ self-perceived preparedness for their degree studies and their preferred approaches to studying mathematics between three different groups – specialist students of Mathematics, Aeronautical Engineering students and Civil Engineering students – all of whom have to study Mathematics as part of their degrees. We interviewed a number of students from each group, asking them about their previous Mathematical background, how much of the first year (level 4) material was new to them, whether resources provided where sufficient, the extent to which they found "MathsAid" drop-in support sessions useful and their preferred type of resources (lecture notes, text books, on-line, etc) for revision.
Kingston University London, 2019
Design and manufacture of a toroidal aerospike engine and nozzle along with low-speed wind tunnel... more Design and manufacture of a toroidal aerospike engine and nozzle along with low-speed wind tunnel testing to investigate its performance against a conventional bell nozzle.
Space missions being incredibly expensive, the industry is always looking for ways of reducing th... more Space missions being incredibly expensive, the industry is always looking for ways of reducing the costs. A huge percentage of the cost of any space mission is the launch. Therefore, the recent technology of reusing launch vehicles has been revolutionary. This report focuses on the control surfaces of such reusable launch vehicles with lattice fins in particular. After conducting wind tunnel testing for several fin designs, a conclusion as to the best available design will be made.
This report focuses on generating CFD results for a two-dimensional aerofoil at low speed over a... more This report focuses on generating CFD results for a two-dimensional aerofoil at low
speed over an angle of attack range of -2 degrees to 20 degrees. All calculations and simulations are run on a NACA 0012 aerofoil. The results generated include the coefficient of drag, coefficient of lift and coefficient of moment. After these values are generated, they are compared JavaFoil and XFoil results and to other already known values for validation.
This report focuses on determining the initial steps needed to be applied in order to obtain succ... more This report focuses on determining the initial steps needed to be applied in order to obtain successful and useful CFD results.