Digital manufacturing course framework for senior aircraft manufacturing engineering undergraduates

摘要

Digital manufacture is a necessary part of modern aircraft construction. It has grown from its application in traditional structural part milling to be incorporated into the majority of aircraft manufacturing processes. Consequently, there is an emerging need for innovation in digital manufacturing courses to remain current with these rapid changes in the aircraft industry. This study focused on developing a new digital curriculum including computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacture, computer-aided engineering, computer numerical control, virtual assembly, and product data management. The study included a literature survey on digital manufacturing course designs in which the limitations to traditional teaching activities with respect to digital manufacture were identified. A trend survey of aircraft manufacturing technologies was also presented to determine the aircraft industry's expectations for their new employees. A new digital curriculum design was presented that incorporated both existing digital manufacturing fundamental theories and practical tools into the course content. Finally, evaluations were successfully conducted to verify the effectiveness of our new digital curriculum.