Aircraft Design

Code	15096
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Aeronautics and Astronautics
Entry requirements	It is advisable for students to have passed Aircraft Drawing, Introduction to Aircraft Development, Flight Performance, Propulsion I, Aerospace Structures I, Flight Dynamics and Simulation, and Applied Aerodynamics.
Learning outcomes	Students should acquire skills in the development of an aircraft subject to specific requirements and constraints, know how to apply aircraft design standards, develop integration, decision and compromise capabilities in a multidisciplinary team project and know how to communicate their results effectively. With this UC students should be able to: - describe the traditional aircraft design process and adapt it to specific cases; - develop simple programs for the analysis and conceptual/preliminary design of an aircraft; - integrate knowledge from various areas of science and engineering in the development of a multidisciplinary design project; - carry out the conceptual and preliminary design of an aircraft to meet specific requirements; - analyse design results and identify the most relevant parameters for the optimization of a given aircraft; - effectively communicate project results; - work in a team.
Syllabus	I. Introduction 1. Introduction to the curricular unit. 2. The aircraft design process. 3. Airworthiness standards for aircraft design. II. Conceptual Design 4. Sizing from a conceptual drawing. 5. Selection of the airfoil and geometry of the wings and tail. 6. Initial sizing. 7. Configuration and drawing. 8. Configuration considerations. 9. Cabin, passengers and payload. 10. Integration of the propulsive system and the power system. 11. Landing gear and other systems. 12. Case studies. III. Sizing, Analysis and Optimization 13. Aerodynamics. 14. Propulsion. 15. Structures and loads. 16. Weight and balance. 17. Stability and control. 18. Performance. 19. Cost analysis. 20. Optimization. IV. Design of a New Aircraft 21. Concept of operations. 22. Aircraft design. 23. Development of analysis and optimization tool. 24. Sizing and analysis. 25. Oral presentations. 26. Written report.
Main Bibliography	01. Gamboa. P.V., Apontamentos de Projeto de Aeronaves, ~600 acetatos, UBI, 2024. 02. Gudmundsson, S., General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures, Elsevier, 2014. 03. Torenbeek, E., Advanced Aircraft Design: Conceptual Design, Analysis and Optimization of Subsonic Civil Airplanes, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. 04. Raymer, D. P., Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, 5th edition, AIAA Education Series, 2012. 05. Gundlach, J., Designing Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Comprehensive Approach, AIAA Education Series, 2012. 06. Howe, D., Aircraft Conceptual Design Synthesis, Professional Engineering Publishing, 2000. 07. Jenkinson, L. R., Simpkin, P., Rhodes, D., Civil Jet Aircraft Design, Arnold, 1999. 08. Stinton, D., The Design of the Aeroplane, Blackwell Science, 1983. 09. Torenbeek, E., Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design, Delft University Press, 1982. 10. Martins, J.R.R.A., Ning, A., Engineering Design Optimization, 2021
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	This curricular unit is structured in two parts: one essentially theoretical and the other essentially practical. In the first part, the material is transmitted orally with multimedia slideshow support and additional information written on the blackboard. In the second part, methods for building a spreadsheet tool for analysis and optimization are taught and a new aircraft design is partially developed based on specific design requirements.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.