Unit 1 : Overview of Design Process, Preliminary Weight Estimation
Phases of aircraft design, Aircraft conceptual design process, Project brief / request for proposal, Problem definition, Aircraft requirements, configuration options, The initial conceptual sketches
Initial takeoff weight build-up, Empty weight estimation, Historical trends, Fuel fraction estimation, Mission profiles, Mission segment weight fraction
Lecture 1: Introduction to Aircraft Design
(24 Jan 2023 - Tuesday)
Contents:
Introduction to aircraft design
Phases of aircraft design
Aircraft conceptual design process
Lecture 2: Design Requirements
(25 Jan 2023 - Wednesday)
Contents:
Project brief/request for proposal
Overall design requirements
Regulatory body requirements and airworthiness certification
Lecture 3: House of Quality
(31 Jan 2023 - Tuesday)
Contents:
Quality functional deployment as a conceptual aircraft design tool
House of quality
Lecture 4: Tutorial on House of Quality
(01 Feb 2023 - Wednesday)
Contents:
Problem statement, and Mission requirements
Tutorial on House of Quality
Lecture 5: Introduction to Weight Estimation
(02 Feb 2023 - Thursday)
Contents:
Introduction to weight estimation
Significance of weight estimation, and
Procedure of weight estimation
Lecture 6: Empty and Fuel Weight Estimation
(07 Feb 2023 - Tuesday)
Contents:
Empty weight estimation using statistical approach
Fuel weight estimation using fuel-fraction method
Lecture 7: Tutorial on Preliminary Weight Estimation
(08 Feb 2023 - Wednesday)
Contents:
Mission profile, Calculation of payload and crew weight
Empty and Fuel weight estimation
Gross Takeoff weight estimation
Lecture 8: Tutorial on OpenVSP
(09 Feb 2023 - Thursday)