AV4601E - Aircraft

Objectives

General objective:

Aircraft Conceptual Design: At the end of this part, the student will be able to compute the order of magnitude of the overall characteristics of an airplane which satisfies a given set of requirements using a dedicated software.

Avionics Systems: At the end of this part, the student will be able to identify the flight and navigation parameters and the main cockpit interfaces used for flying and navigating.

Detailed objectives:

Aircraft Conceptual Design:

At the end of this part, the student will be able to:

Describe main phases of an aircraft design project and explain main stakes of each of them.
Describe the airplane conceptual design multidisciplinary activity and enumerate its input, output and stakes.
Describe and explain each aircraft component using a level of granularity compatible with conceptual design approach and apply on them main tools of functional analysis.
Describe and explain how to model aerodynamic behavior, mass breakdown and propulsion of an airplane at conceptual design level.
Describe and explain how to model operational performances at conceptual design level.
Describe (both read or draw) a design process at conceptual level using N2 and XDSM diagrams.
List and describe typical mathematical tools used for multidisciplinary design process at conceptual level.
Describe and explain how to implement an automatic design process in Python using simple models and of the shelf solvers and optimizers.
Compute main characteristics of an airplane satisfying to a given set of requirements using Python models and processes.

Avionics Systems:

1. Cockpit environment:
At the end of this part, the student will be able to:


Describe cockpit arrangement and identify the main cockpit elements in a modern transport aircraft
Describe pilot’s roles and task-sharing
Identify flight controls and explain their use
Identify the operational aspects to be considered in cockpit design

2. Flight and navigation parameters / navigation systems:
At the end of this part, the student will be able to:


Identify flight, guidance and navigation parameters required to aviate and navigate
Identify their meaning and significance
Explain how they are displayed in the cockpit

3. Principles of automatic flight
At the end of this part, the student will be able to:


Explain the functioning principles of the autopilot, Flight Director and Autothrust (A/THR)
Identify the cockpit interfaces related to automatic flight
To explain guidance modes operation

Position in the programme

To be delivered after EA4603

Hours

• Lecture : 20h
• Supervised Practical Work : 4h

Form of assessment

Total assessment hours: 1