Weekly Progress Reports (see sidebar), the Gantt chart, and this Project Management page should be printed out before meetings with the sponsor and instructor.
All team members should be able to explain all items on the progress report.
Place a "*" at the beginning of the title of the active week Progress Report (see * in sidebar).
Project Objectives
Concisely list and prioritize the project objectives and constraints
High Priority Objectives
Provide a validated simulation to test the viability of using the acoustic honeycomb in the airplane nacelle.
Determine the effective thermal conductivity of the aluminum honeycomb structure based on the physical dimensions (cell size, wall thickness, etc).
Second Priority Objectives
Provide a 3D flow simulation of air within the nose lip of the nacelle
Other Constraints and Issues
Variations of the honeycomb panel properties is severely restricted by long lead times, so we want our simulations to be as accurate as possible
SolidWorks only allows for internal or external flow, not both at the same time
WOW Design Solution
Ask what would their dream design solution would be like. You may not achieve this, but it is good to know what it would be like.
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
Rather than simply creating a simulation based on assumption from calculations of the properties of the honeycomb, we will be validating our simulations with experimental procedure based on established standards.
The temperature fields will be verified by use of thermal camera and thermal sensor measurements to ensure uniform temperature distribution.
Intermediate Milestones
Identifying meaningful intermediate milestones is a critical for effective project management. Together with your sponsor identify such milestones, and specify specific performance requirements you aim to meet at each milestone.
Validate experimental effective thermal conductivity with the results of the simulation