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Aerospace Vehicle Design Michael Selig - AE 442, Fall 2012 Steve D'Urso - AE 443, Spring 2013 The Airplane

This document discusses the aircraft design process, outlining the requirements and constraints that drive design choices, and the conceptual, preliminary, and detail design phases. It references several aircraft like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Lockheed F-35 to illustrate how design considerations like required mission, regulations, and systems influence the final shape and size of aerospace vehicles.

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Aerospace Vehicle Design Michael Selig - AE 442, Fall 2012 Steve D'Urso - AE 443, Spring 2013 The Airplane

This document discusses the aircraft design process, outlining the requirements and constraints that drive design choices, and the conceptual, preliminary, and detail design phases. It references several aircraft like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Lockheed F-35 to illustrate how design considerations like required mission, regulations, and systems influence the final shape and size of aerospace vehicles.

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Aerospace Vehicle Design

Michael Selig - AE 442, Fall 2012


Steve D'Urso - AE 443, Spring 2013
The Airplane
More Airplanes …

Why do they look like that?


Why Does It Look Like That?
• Lockheed F-35 STOVL JSF
Some people's
perception

Correct perception

[Ref 4]
Requirements & Constraints (1)
• RFP (stands for: Request for Proposals)
• Driven by:
– Established or potential customers
– Government agencies
– Analysis of market trends
– Exploitation of new technologies
Requirements & Constraints (2)
• RFP specifications are derived from these elements:
– Market / mission (range, speeds, payload, costs,
offensive threats)
– Airworthiness standards (FARs)
– Environmental / social issues (noise, green)
– Commercial / manufacturing (commercial consortium)
– Systems and equipment (turbojet propulsion systems,
avionics)
• Role and flight regime drives shape and size
• Role and flight regime drives shape and size

[Ref 1]
Three Phases of Design

[Ref 2]
Phase I - Aircraft Conceptual Design
The Process

[Ref 2]
Aircraft Sizing Flow Diagram
Illustrates the Process
(for specific category)

One of the requirements (landing)

[Ref 3]
Dream Airplanes!

[Ref 3]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/index.html
Tradeoff Studies / Optimization
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Systems and Teamwork

Source: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dev_team.html
More Airplanes
Optimized for the Requirements

http://www.iconaircraft.com/videos.html?index=4
Design Projects / Options
• Conceptual Design Project (paper design)
1. AIAA Team Design Competition:
2030 Regional Airliner Considering Hybrid Electric
Propulsion? Power plant data?
2. Boeing Commercial Airplane Division?
3. UAS for Border Control (US citizens only)?
 We will pick one – most likely topic 2. We are
waiting for more information on topic 2.

• AIAA Design/Build/Fly Project (RC UAV)


http://www.aiaadbf.org
References
1. Stinton, D., “The Anatomy of the Airplane,” AIAA, 1998.
2. Raymer, D., “Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach,”
5th ed, AIAA, 2012.
3. Loftin, L.K., “Subsonic Aircraft: Evolution and The
Matching of Size to Performance,” NASA RP 1060, 1980.
4. Jenkinson, L.R. and Marchman, J.F., “Aircraft Design
Projects for Engineering Students,” AIAA, 2003.

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