Programme des cours 2015-2016
APRI0004-1  
Aerospace design project
Durée :
30h Th, 10h Labo., 260h Proj., 5j T. t.
Nombre de crédits :
Master en ingénieur civil en aérospatiale, à finalité10
Nom du professeur :
Ludovic Noels
Suppléant(s) :
Thomas Andrianne
Langue(s) du cours :
Langue anglaise
Organisation et évaluation :
Enseignement durant l'année complète, avec partiel en janvier
Unités d'enseignement prérequises et corequises :
Les unités prérequises ou corequises sont présentées au sein de chaque programme
Contenus du cours :
This course aims to introduce students to the integrated design process of civil aircraft. The subject is multi-disciplinary, each technical field being a sub-system interacting with all the others.
An introductory lecture uses a historical approach to describe the interactions between the different aspects of aircraft design, while a concluding talk introduces the design project that the students will work on. 
Between these two lectures, academic and industrial partners will introduce various different design concepts, such as as (non exhaustive and not definitive list)


  • Aerodynamics
  • Structures
  • Propulsion (flow and mechanical design)
  • Performance
  • Stability
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Certification
  • ...
All this information will then be used by the students in order to carry out the conceptual and preliminary design of an aicraft (airplane, UAV, ...).
Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) du cours :
At the end of the class the student will have acquired the necessary methodological and technical tools to carry out a conceptual/preliminary design in aeronautics (airplane, UAV, ...).
Savoirs et compétences prérequis :
Basic knowledge in
  • Solid mechanics
  • Fluid mechanics
Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement :
The course is divided into four types of activity:


  • Theoretical lectures by several professors (~30 h);
  • Lectures by industrial partners who will illustrate the practical application of theoretical concepts in the aeronautics industry (attendance is compulsory) (~10h);
  • Supervised project sessions during which the student groups can interact with the professors and assistants to conduct their assignment (attendance to the majority of the sessions is compulsory) (~45h);
  • Presentations of the projects (attendance is compulsory) (~5h).
Mode d'enseignement (présentiel ; enseignement à distance) :
Face to face and supervised project sesions
Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours :
  • Aircraft Design: Synthesis and Analysis, Ilan Kroo, Stanford University, http://adg.stanford.edu/aa24 /AircraftDesign.html
  • Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design, Egbert Torenbeek, Delft University Press, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, ISBN 90-246-2724-3, 1982.
  • Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Daniel P. Raymer, Ph.D. AIAA Education Series, Reston, VA, 2012 ISBN 978-1-60086-911-2
  • Lecture notes on http://www.ltas-cm3.ulg.ac.be/classes.htm
Modalités d'évaluation et critères :
The evaluation is based on a project fulfillment, which consists in the conceptual/preliminary design of an aircraft (airplane, UAV...).
This project will be presented in front of professors and  classmates.
The evaluation will be based on group report(s) (90%) with an the oral presentation (10%). An individual report detailing the students' personal contribution to the group project can also be asked in case of problem in group, in which case only the latter will be used for the grading. Such report will be asked for a resit exam and only this report will be used for the grading.
If opportunities arise, the project will be part of an international/national contest, in which case it will be adapted to comply with the contest rules.
Stage(s) :
Remarques organisationnelles :
The design project is carried out during both terms.
Contacts :
L. Noels (L.Noels@ulg.ac.be)
G. Dimitriadis (gdimitriadis@ulg.ac.be)
Notes en ligne :
Lecture notes
Lecture notes