Aircraft Design

The aim of this manual is to briefly state theoretical bases of methods and models used in conceptual airplane design, to develop and consolidate understanding of the relations between the main airplane parameters and characteristics, and to prepare students to perform their graduation projects. This tutorial contains only necessary information for obtaining the first experience in the conceptual airplane design. Also it is supposed that students refer to textbooks and other scientific sources, which seems difficult at first. In this case this tutorial should be used as a guide-book for additional information sources.

This note explains the following topics: Aircraft Design Sequence, Aircraft Configurations, Preliminary Sizing, Fuselage and Cabin Conceptual Design, Wing Design, High Lift Systems and Maximum Lift Coefficients, Prediction of Mass and CG-Location, Empennage Sizing, Landing Gear Conceptual Design and Integration, Drag Prediction, Direct Operating Costs.

This note covers the following topics: Aerodynamic Design, Aerodynamic Shape Optimization, Design Process, Applications of Aerodynamic Shape Optimization.

This PDF covers the following topics related to Aircraft Design : Design � a separate discipline, Overview of the design process, Sizing from a conceptual sketch, Airfoil and Geometry Selection, Thrust-to-Weight Ratio and Wing Loading, Initial Sizing, Configuration Layout and Loft, Special Considerations in Configuration Layout, Crew Station, Passengers, and Payload, Propulsion and Fuel System Integration, Landing Gear and Subsystems, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structures and Loads, Weights, Stability, Control, and Handling Qualities, Performance and Flight Mechanics, Cost Analysis, VTOL Aircraft Design, Conceptual Design Example.

This PDF covers the following topics related to Aircraft Design : Overview of the Design Process, Initial Sizing and Configuration Layout, Propulsion and Fuel System Integration, Landing Gear and Subsystems, Baseline Design Analysis - Ii, Cost Estimation, Parametric Analysis, Optimisation, Refined Sizing and Trade Studies.

This page has PDF transcripts for the NPTEL course Introduction to Aircraft Design which covers the following topics : What is Aircraft Design, Phases in Aircraft Design, Design Stages, Aircraft Design Process, Importance of Cost in Aircraft Design, The Design Spiral, Basic Laws of Aircraft Design, Requirements Capture, Quality Function Deployment, House of Quality Chart, etc.

The design of an airplane, which is being dealt in this course, involves synthesizing knowledge in areas like aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, systems and manufacturing techniques. The aim is to arrive at the configuration of an airplane, which will satisfy aforesaid requirements, This PDF covers the following topics related to Aircraft Design : Aircraft Design RequirementsAirplane Weight Estimation, Landing Gears, Integration of Structure and Power Plant, Introduction of Advanced Concepts.

This note starts with an introduction to Aircraft Design and covers the topics like Intelligent Systems in Engineering Design, Theory for Micro Air Vehicle Design, Framework for Automated MAV Design, MAV Case Studies, Experimental Validation, Concept Prototyping and Testing.

This note covers Stability, Control Requirements and Static Longitudinal Stability and Control, Aircraft Equations of motion, Lateral, Directional and Dynamic Stability Response to Control, Control System Modeling and Feedback Control, Design of Aircraft Controller, Stability and Control Augmentation and Auto Pilots Design of Stability Augmentation.

This note explains the following topics:Introduction to Aircraft Performance the system of the aircraft, Cruise performance, Climb and Descent performance, Maneuver performance, Take off and landing safety requirements and flight planning.

This note covers introduction, Aircraft design applications, ADEBO requirements and basic concept, Fundamentals of programming, Aircraft design box ADEBO and proof of concept.