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 (depending on their availabilities and sanitary conditions) 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, depending on their availabilities and sanitary conditions);
• 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, hybrid learning)

Face to face and supervised project sesions
In case of remote teaching:
1) For Friday (first term)/Monday(second term) 10:30am , each group send us a document, with for each task (as listed in the assignment but possibly completed by what you think relevant): 1.a) The final objective of the task, including the interaction with other tasks; 1.b) Its current status, with brief results; 1.c) Its schedule for next week; 1.d) How it will interact with other tasks. The document is rather informal and should use practical communication tools such as bullets list, figures, tables etc but should remain understandable. Its purpose is to help us following your progress. 2) Each Friday (first term)/Monday(second term) afternoon, each group interacts with the teachers and TA on eCampus (https://www.ecampus.ulg.ac.be).
 

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Face to face and supervised project sesions
In case of remote teaching:
1) For Friday (first term)/Monday(second term) 10:30am , each group send us a document, with for each task (as listed in the assignment but possibly completed by what you think relevant): 1.a) The final objective of the task, including the interaction with other tasks; 1.b) Its current status, with brief results; 1.c) Its schedule for next week; 1.d) How it will interact with other tasks. The document is rather informal and should use practical communication tools such as bullets list, figures, tables etc but should remain understandable. Its purpose is to help us following your progress. 2) Each Friday (first term)/Monday(second term) afternoon, each group interacts with the teachers and TA on eCampus (https://www.ecampus.ulg.ac.be).

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

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

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.
 
Presentation will be on-site or remote depending on the sanitary conditions

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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