AIRCRAFT PRELIMINARY DESIGN[AE _]

Course objectives:
The course should enable the students to: understand the basic types and configurations of aircraft layouts, maneuvering loads on tail planes, know the different types of power plant and characteristics of propeller and its configurations, know the basic manoeuvers such as gliding flight and calculations of takeoff and landing, know the layout of special design and specifications of aircraft, understand the structural design of fuselage, wing and other aircraft parts.

1. Introduction(4 hours)
1. Engineering Design
2. Aircraft Design Process
3. Aircraft Conceptual Design Synthesis Process
4. Aircraft Configuration
   1. Conventional Configuration
   2. Alternative Configuration
   3. Creativity and Configuration Design
5. Design Considerations
2. Power Plant Types and Characteristics(6 hours)
1. Power plant Characteristics
2. Types of power plants
3. Typical Engine Parameters
4. Flight Regimes of Power plants
5. Power plant Performance Representation
6. Typical Aircraft Installed Thrust Power
3. Preliminary Design(8 hours)
1. Fuselages Layout
   1. Function of Fuselage
   2. Primary Considerations
   3. Overall Layout
   4. Local Layout Aspects
   5. Crew and Payload
   6. Fuselage Layout Procedure
2. Airfoil Design
3. Planform Shape and Geometry
4. High Lift Devices
4. Lift, Drag and Mass Estimation(3 hours)
5. Performance Estimation(4 hours)
6. Optimization(8 hours)
1. Cost and Optimization
2. Parametric Analysis and Optimization
3. Case Study (Stage 1)
4. Procedure for Stage 2
5. Case Study (Stage 2)
6. Wing Location and Control Surface
7. Refinement and Analysis Concept(4 hours)
8. Landing Gear(3 hours)
9. Aerodynamic Optimization(5 hours)

Practical:

1. Conceptual design of an aircraft for a given mission.
2. Write synopsis on aircraft design research article (article can vary students to student).