Aerospace design project

Duration

30h Th, 10h Labo., 260h Proj., 5d FW

Number of credits

Lecturer

Grigorios Dimitriadis, Ludovic Noels

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

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
• ...

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

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, ...).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge in

• Solid mechanics
• Fluid mechanics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is divided into four types of activity:

• Theoretical lectures by several professors (~20 h);
• Lectures by industrial partners who will illustrate the practical application of theoretical concepts in the aeronautics industry (attendance is compulsory) (~4h);
• Supervised CAD introduction sessions (attendance if compulsary) (~16h)
• Supervised project sessions during which the student groups can interact with the professors and assistants to conduct their assignment (attendance is compulsory) (~45h);
• Presentations of the projects (attendance is compulsory) (~5h).

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face to face and supervised project sesions

Recommended or required readings

• 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

Assessment methods and criteria

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.
The student who does not attend to compulsary sessions or who does not delivered the assignements on time will not receive a grade for the class.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The design project is carried out during both terms.

Contacts

L. Noels (L.Noels@ulg.ac.be)
G. Dimitriadis (gdimitriadis@ulg.ac.be)

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