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Class
Schedule
A&AE
451 Aircraft Design
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SCHEDULE [Week 1] - [2] - [3] - [4] - [5] |
OTHER A&AE 451 PAGES |
NOTE: The following schedule is intended to be very flexible.
The schedule will be updated as needed during the semester.
Information provided in class or by e-mail will supersede information given
here.
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Deliverables |
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welcome and project opportunity
description team selection market survey, abbreviated business
case aircraft database |
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Jan. 13 (pm) |
Simple Sizing |
Raymer Chapters 1 – 3 |
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Jan. 15 |
Simple Sizing |
Inform instructor by e-mail if team
wishes to enter NASA ARMD competition |
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Requirements Generation (QFD) (Meet in ARMS 2106-1) |
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Jan. 20 (pm) |
Fuselage Design / Cabin
Layout |
Raymer Chapters 8 and 9 – especially
8.2, 9.3 and 9.4 |
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Jan. 22 |
Cabin Layout (finish), Initial
Sizing |
Raymer Chapter 6 |
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Progress review (Meet in ARMS 2106-1) |
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Present the
following progress items: 1.
Five
points of your simplified business case 2.
Design
mission(s) for the aircraft 3.
QFD
House of Quality for requirements generation 4.
Requirement
Compliance Matrix 5.
Current
estimation of aircraft gross weight |
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Jan. 27 (pm) |
Constraint Diagrams |
Raymer Chapter 5 (note: Raymer’s
book describes an alternate approach to that covered in class) |
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Jan. 29 |
Constraint Diagrams (cont) |
Table
5.3 from Anderson, J. A., Aircraft
Performance and Design |
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No required meeting Design review this evening |
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Feb. 3 |
Cancelled |
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Feb.
3 6:00-9:00
pm |
System Requirements Review (SRR)
Presentation CIVL 2101 |
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Feb. 5 |
Constraint Diagrams (finish) |
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Concept Generation |
Raymer Chapters 4, 7 and 8 Aircraft
Configuration Discussion |
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Feb. 10 |
Concept Selection |
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Feb. 12 |
Weights, Center of Gravity, Static
Stability |
Raymer Chapter 15 |
System Requirements Review (SRR)
document due at 11:59pm EST |
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Progress review (Meet in ARMS 2106-1) |
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Present the
following progress items: 1.
Constraint
Diagram 2.
Updated
Requirement Compliance Matrix 3.
Initial
Cabin / Fuselage Layout 4.
Initial
Concepts from Brainstorming (or other concept generation method) 5.
Current
status of Pugh’s Method 6.
Current
estimation of aircraft gross weight |
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Feb. 17 (pm) |
Weights, Center of Gravity, Static
Stability (continued) |
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Feb. 19 |
Vertical tail size |
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Progress review (Meet in ARMS
2106-1) |
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Present the
following progress items: 1.
Pugh’s
Method through “step 9” 2.
Plans
for future work to down-select final concept 3.
Sizing
code a.
Your
own code or an existing code b.
Progress
(what is completed / what does code do now?) c.
Validation
plans (how will you know code works acceptably?) |
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Feb. 24 (pm) |
Horizontal tail size / Control
Surface sizing |
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Feb. 26 |
Carpet Plots |
Raymer Chapter 19 |
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No required meeting Design review this evening |
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Mar. 3 |
Cancelled |
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Mar.
3 6:00-9:00pm |
System Definition Review (SDR)
Presentation ARMS 1103 |
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Mar. 5 |
Parasite Drag Prediction |
Raymer Section 12.5 |
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Parasite Drag Prediction |
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Mar. 10 (pm) |
Wave Drag
Prediction |
Raymer Section 12.5 |
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Mar. 12 |
Wave Drag
Prediction / Sonic Boom Prediction |
Kroo., I., “Volume
Wave Drag,” Aircraft Design, Synthesis,
and Analysis, http://adg.stanford.edu/aa241/drag/volumedrag.html
[accessed 06 Mar 2009]. Kroo., I.,
“Lift-Dependent Wave Drag,” Aircraft
Design, Synthesis, and Analysis,
http://adg.stanford.edu/aa241/drag/liftwavedrag.html
[accessed 06 Mar 2009]. |
System Definition Review (SDR)
document due at 11:59pm EDT |
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Mar. 17 |
NO CLASS (Spring
Break) |
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Mar. 17 |
NO CLASS (Spring
Break) |
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Mar. 19 |
NO CLASS (Spring
Break) |
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No lab meeting – Use time to work with your team |
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Mar. 24 (pm) |
Sonic Boom
Prediction |
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Mar. 26 |
Engine / Propulsion Considerations
for Conceptual Design |
Raymer Chapters 10 and 13 |
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Progress review (Meet in ARMS
2106-1) |
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Present the
following progress items: 1.
Your
approach for drag prediction, including any comparisons with published
aircraft drag values 2.
Your
component weight estimation scheme, including any comparisons with existing
aircraft empty weight prediction 3.
Weight
and balance of your current aircraft design, including c.g. travel and static
margin estimates 4.
General
layout of your current aircraft design, including exterior geometry, landing
gear placement and interior layout for cabin and major systems / components 5.
Current
estimate of takeoff gross weight 6.
Requirements
compliance matrix |
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Mar. 31 (pm) |
Finish Engine / Propulsion
Considerations |
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Apr. 2 |
Structures and
Materials Considerations for Conceptual Design |
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Progress review (Meet in ARMS
2106-1) |
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Present the
following progress items: 1.
Your
current sizing code and carpet plot status 2.
Tail
sizing approach 3.
Engine
modeling for sizing code (i.e. thrust and fuel flow as functions of throttle
setting, altitude and Mach number) 4.
Sonic
boom estimation approach and any estimates of current concept 5.
Current
estimate of takeoff gross weight 6.
Current
requirements compliance matrix |
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Apr. 7 |
Finish Structures and Materials
Considerations; V-n diagram |
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Apr. 9 |
additional discussion of V-n
diagram; payload-range diagram |
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Progress review (Meet in ARMS
2106-1) |
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Present the
following progress items: 1.
Your
current sizing code and carpet plot status 2.
Initial
structural concept / layout 3.
First
draft of your walk-around chart 4.
Current
estimate of takeoff gross weight 5.
Current
requirements compliance matrix |
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Apr. 14 (pm) |
Aircraft Cost |
Raymer chapter 18 See also Advanced
Subsonic Airplane Design and Economic Studies and NASA Aircraft
Airframe Cost Model |
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Apr. 16 |
No required class meeting – Prof. Crossley available for
“office hours” |
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No required class meeting Design review this evening |
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Apr. 21 (pm) |
Cancelled |
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Apr. 21 6-9 pm |
Conceptual Design Review (CoDR)
Presentation ARMS 1103 |
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Apr. 23 |
No required class meeting – Prof. Crossley available for “office
hours” |
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No required class meeting – Prof. Crossley available for
“office hours” |
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Apr. 28 (pm) |
No required class meeting – Prof. Crossley available for
“office hours” |
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Apr. 30 |
No required class meeting – Prof. Crossley available for
“office hours” |
Be sure to turn in your peer
assessment form and complete the on-line course assessment |
Conceptual Design Review (CoDR)
document due at 11:59pm EDT |
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Apr. 30 |
Entries due to NASA ARMD
Competition |
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