Duration
30h Th, 10h Labo., 260h Proj., 5d FW
Number of credits
| Master MSc. in Aerospace Engineering, professional focus in aerospace engineering | 10 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to introduce students to the integrated design process of civil aircraft. The subject is multi-disciplinary, each technical field being a sub-system interacting with all the others.
An introductory lecture uses a historical approach to describe the interactions between the different aspects of aircraft design, while a concluding talk introduces the design project that the students will work on.
Between these two lectures, academic and industrial partners (depending on their availabilities and sanitary conditions) will introduce various different design concepts, such as as (non exhaustive and not definitive list)
- Aerodynamics
- Structures
- Propulsion (flow and mechanical design)
- Performance
- Stability
- Aeroelasticity
- Certification
- ...
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the class the student will have acquired the necessary methodological and technical tools to carry out a conceptual/preliminary design in aeronautics (airplane, UAV, ...).
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.2, II.1, II.2, II.3, III.1, III.2, III.3, III.4, IV.1, IV.3, V.1, V.2, VI.1, VI.2, VI.3, VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4, VII.5 of the MSc in aerospace engineering.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge in
- Solid mechanics
- Fluid mechanics
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is divided into different types of activity:
- Theoretical lectures by several professors (~20 h);
- Lectures by industrial partners who will illustrate the practical application of theoretical concepts in the aeronautics industry (attendance is compulsory) (~4h, depending on their availabilities and sanitary conditions);
- Numerical tools introduction sessions (attendance is compulsary) (~4h)
- Supervised project sessions during which the student groups can interact with the professors and assistants to conduct their assignment (attendance is compulsory) (~60h); During the first session, the Work-packages will be assigned by the group to its members; At noon, before the beginning of each session, each group will deliver a shor report (1 page) with the details of each student weekly achievements;
- Presentations of the projects (attendance is compulsory) (~8h).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face to face and supervised project sesions
Course materials and recommended or required readings
- Synthesis of Subsonic Airplane Design, Egbert Torenbeek, Delft University Press, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, ISBN 90-246-2724-3, 1982.
- Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Daniel P. Raymer, Ph.D. AIAA Education Series, Reston, VA, 2012 ISBN 978-1-60086-911-2
- Lecture notes on http://www.ltas-cm3.ulg.ac.be/classes.htm
Written work / report
Other : presentations during the academic year
Further information:
Written work: reports
Other : Presentations of the project
Additional information:
The evaluation is based on a project fulfillment, which consists in the conceptual/preliminary design of an aircraft (airplane, UAV...).
This project will be presented in front of professors and classmates (attendance to all the presentations of all the groups is mandatory).
The evaluation will be based on group report(s) (90%) with the oral presentation(s) (10%).
During the first project session, the Work-packages will be assigned by the group to its members; At noon, before the beginning of each session, each group will deliver a short report (1 page) with the details of each student weekly achievements;
An individual report detailing the students' personal contribution to the group project can also be requested in case of problem in the group organization, in which case only the latter will be used for the grading.
Given the nature of the class content and of the requested work, both based on an extensive group project, partly conducted during supervised sessions, no resit is scheduled in case of failed mark in June. The grade obtained in June is the final grade.
If opportunities arise, the project will be part of an international/national contest, in which case it will be adapted to comply with the contest rules.
The student who does not attend to compulsary sessions or who does not deliver the assignements on time will not receive a grade for the class.
Presentation will be on-site.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The design project is carried out during both terms.
Given the nature of the class content and of the requested work, both based on an extensive group project, partly conducted during supervised sessions, no resit is scheduled in case of failed mark in June. The grade obtained in June is the final grade.
Contacts
T. Andrianne (T.Andrianne@uliege.be)
L. Noels (L.Noels@uliege.be)
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