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Hi, welcome to PF, I used to work with a Structural Engineer (also my job title) who has a BEng in Aero Engineering and is now a Performance Engineer at British Airways. Airlines generally aren't necessarily Maintenance Repair Organisations (MROs) so their isn't much opportunity for any...

I'm sure It's power to weight ratio that he wants... Weight = lift in straight and steady flight. Find the aircraft mass and max thrust and you get a ballpark figure. If you want to get a more accurate figure you can find the NACA specs and get the coefficient of lift and by using the lift...

Hey Bob, The dimensioning generally isn't based on thrust alone, but by acceleration mainly i.e. critical g, (quasi-static loading) and not forgetting vibration (dynamic loading). Therefore, the axial/longitudinal stress will not necessarily increase by the same factor as thrust, but by said...

Steer away from any course called automotive engineering - never considered to be on par with other engineering disciplines. Do an IMechE Accredited MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering course - you'll have the best chance of getting a graduate job designing car parts :) - the honest truth - oh...

Hey, If this is for a preliminary static stress analysis, I would begin with looking at the most critical buckling case e.g max g in the axial direction. Combination cases under max g as well as taking into account vibration, local I values for max stress, panel shear, bearing area around...

Hey, Assuming you took your A levels immediately before University, I think you would be okay in terms of course difficulty/workload as long as you study and refresh your knowledge on A level maths, mainly calculus during the summer beforehand - as it's easy to fall behind :) I'd recommend...

I know it's an old thread, but it's a timeless question that I ask myself several times each Earth day, and I'm sure many other individuals on PF do too. From my perspective, given the premise that nothing that 'exists' is discrete, in its most definitive sense, then consciousness (the...

I'm sure it will tell you in the preface. Each textbook is usually aimed at a particular level. "Fundamental physics" sounds as if it is aimed at teaching the basic classical physics and with simplified examples. The "Physics" textbook could be aimed at ANY level, out of context.

Hey, You absolutely could purely use SolidWorks, you'll just have to explain the most critical load case and how it determined where you applied the constraints/loads to the model. (Sometimes it's obvious, sometimes not so, but you still need to show you addressed each point.) (When...

Hey sciencerocks It depends what you're trying to calculate. What is it that you want to know? If it's the max stress in the part then SolidWorks will be able to tell you that more easily and accurately than by hand calc. Since the lower section is an extruded circular plate with a varying I...

Hey dessy37, It depends what grades you have/are expecting to achieve. Some of the best in the UK are: St Andrews, Surrey, Oxford, National University of Ireland, Durham and Manchester are some of the ones I can think of, off the top of my head for you to research. TU Delft is a very...

George Wells from Bishop's Stortford?

How and if an inverse tangent function "jumps" from positive infinity to negative infinity.

Hi, My advice would be to go and get your M.S in Mechanical Engineering. Yes the underlying physics is identical to Aero, but as an Aerospace Engineer, I didn't get ANY feedback from the Mech Eng jobs I applied to, I guess because my degree says "Aerospace" and not "Mechanical". Your thesis...

Hi, I think employers are biased towards UK PhDs being the most prestigious. I think it will benefit talking directly to a researcher at Strathclyde or Heriot Watt to be honest. The question you are asking is something that is to be answered on a case by case basis. The exact research you are...