EA314AAE Aerospace Technology II Assignment Brief 2026 | EAU

EA314AAE Aerospace Technology II Brief

EA314AAE Learning Outcomes

• LO1 Explain the concept of whole aircraft lift/drag and analyse their impact on the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft.
• LO2 Critically review the aircraft-related operational factors affecting its performance.
• LO3 Analyse the stability of an aircraft’s airframe and contrast quantifiable factors affecting the control of the aircraft.
• LO4 Evaluate and compare the operation and purpose of different types of wind tunnels.

EA314AAE Assignment Task

• Unit Code/Level        314AAE
• Learning Outcome 4        Wind Tunnel 

You are a chief engineer at an engineering design company, and for an upcoming research and development project, your manager asked you to conduct a study listing the types of wind tunnels (List a minimum of three types, i.e. subsonic, transonic, etc.), in which cases each is used and the possible advantages and disadvantages that each type has. 

Please present your research results in a short report and utilize illustration to aid in the understanding of the reader.

After the research you conducted, the company decided to purchase a low-speed open-circuit wind tunnel as it was the best type that fit the research requirements.

You were required by your manager to conduct two experiments that would present an idea of how wind tunnels operate and what sort of results they can generate.

• Experiment 1:    Wind tunnel calibration
• Experiment 2:     NACA 2412 Airfoil with variable flap