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Design Project

AAE45100 Aircraft Design
Prof. Crossley

Spring 2019
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[Opportunity Description]
[Industry Involvement]
[Design Teams and Reviews]
[SRR]
[SDR]
[CoDR]
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This page provides information to the class and to our outside collaborators about the progress of the design project.

Electronic versions of the major review presentations will be available from this page shortly before the presentations take place.

Opportunity Description

For the Spring 2019 semester, the Aircraft Design class will use the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Undergraduate Team Aircraft Design Competition as the topic for the class.  The student teams will be able to use the work in AAE 451 to prepare a design proposal that they can enter into the AIAA competition.

The student teams will determine specific requirements for, generate concepts for, and then select and develop a preferred concept for a future aircraft that will be profitable for scheduled "thin-haul" service and / or on-demand "air taxi" operators.  Teams will identify a current baseline aircraft in a similar category to compare with their future concept, as well as to provide a sanity check and a means to exercise and validate their analyses.  With a 2025 Entry-in-Service target, teams will need to make use of fairly well-developed technologies, but the competition allows for consideration of electric or hybrid-electric propulsion and autonomy.  Trades are also available in aspects of the vehicle design, including passenger capacity, number (and type) of motor/engine.  The teams will develop their own "sizing code" to predict the size, weight and performance of their preferred concept and will generate carpet plots as an approach to select the best values for major sizing variables.

Industry Involvement

We plan to have three teams of review panelists of engineers currently working in aircraft design and related efforts. One review panel will have engineers from Boeing Commercial Aircraft; another, from Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs; and the third, from Northrop Grumman Aeronautical Systems.  

For continuity, the same design teams will present to the same review panel for each review.

Design Teams and Reviews

Teams

To make the best use of the industry review panelists' time, there will be eight teams for the Spring 2019 semester. This allows for two presentations during the scheduled “lab” section of the course and three reviews during two evening review sessions (analogous to evening exams) for the course.

System Requirements Review (SRR)

The SRR will take place in two sessions on Tue 29 Jan and one session on Thu 31 Jan. Each team will have 50 minutes for their presentation and for feedback / questions from off-campus review panelists. A written document describing the set of requirements the team will use for their project - based upon some form of market study - and describing the team’s initial requirements trades and initial sizing will be due one week later 05 and 07 Feb, respectively.

The on-campus “afternoon” review session will take place in WTHR 320.
Team Time
3
 12:30pm - 1:20pm
1
 1:30pm  - 4:20pm

The Tuesday on-campus “evening” review session will take place in ARMS 1010.
Team Time
5
 5:30pm - 6:20pm
6
 6:30pm - 7:20pm
8
 7:30pm - 8:20pm

The Thursday on-campus “evening” review session will take place in ARMS 1010.
Team Time
7 5:30pm - 6:20pm
2 6:30pm - 7:20pm
4 7:30pm - 8:20pm

System Definition Review (SDR)

The SDR will take place in two sessions on Tue 26 Feb and one session on Thu 28 Feb.  Each team will have 50 minutes for their presentation and for feedback / questions from off-campus review panelists.  A written document describing the team’s concept generation process, their initial down selection to - preferably two - preferred concepts for further study, and simple sizing results will be due one week later, on 05 and 07 Mar, respectively.

The on-campus “afternoon” review session will take place in WTHR 320.
Team Time
1 12:30pm - 1:20pm
3 1:30pm - 2:20pm

The Tuesday on-campus “evening” review session will take place in ARMS 1010.
Team Time
6
 5:30pm - 6:20pm
8 6:30pm - 7:20pm
5 7:30pm - 8:20pm

The Thursday on-campus “evening” review session will take place in ARMS 1010.
Team Time
2
 5:30pm - 6:20pm
4
 6:30pm - 7:20pm
7
 7:30pm - 8:20pm

Conceptual Design Review (CoDR)

The CoDR will take place in two sessions on Tue 16 Apr and one session on Thu 18 Apr.  Each team will have 50 minutes for their presentation and for feedback / questions from off-campus review panelists.  A written document describing final concept selection and sizing - supported by carpet plots, internal layout, etc., justified by analysis is due one week later, on 23 and 25 Apr, respectively.
 
The on-campus “afternoon” review session will take place in WTHR 320.
Team Time
3 12:30pm - 1:20pm
1 1:30pm - 2:20pm

The Tuesday on-campus “evening” review session will take place in ARMS 1010.
Team Time
8
 5:30pm - 6:20pm
5 6:30pm - 7:20pm
6 7:30pm - 8:20pm

The Thursday on-campus “evening” review session will take place in ARMS 1010.
Team Time
4
 5:30pm - 6:20pm
7
 6:30pm - 7:20pm
2
 7:30pm - 8:20pm

Modified January 23, 2018