| Course label : | Towards Sustainable Aviation |
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| Teaching departement : | CMA / |
| Teaching manager : | Mister JEAN-MARC FOUCAUT |
| Education language : | French |
| Potential ects : | 7 |
| Results grid : | |
| Code and label (hp) : | G2_S7_EI_ADU - Vers une Aviation Durable |
Education team
Teachers : Mister JEAN-MARC FOUCAUT / Madam AMIRA CHAABANE / Mister CHRISTOPHE SUEUR / Mister Geoffrey TANGUY
External contributors (business, research, secondary education): various temporary teachers
Summary
Towards sustainable aviation: from the design step to performance monitoring of tomorrow’s aircraft This class focuses on the environmental challenges facing the aeronautics industry. These different challenges will be presented and awareness of the optimization of the shape of the aircraft during its design, as well as the various compromises to be made during this design, will be addressed during a role-play. This course aims to present different crucial concepts from the design steps of an aircraft and to present a set of associated tools. The following courses will be taught, each corresponding to an important aspect of the iterative design phase of an aircraft: • Aerodynamics • Flight dynamics • Structure • Sociological and environmental aspects • Control (automatics)
Educational goals
At the end of this course, the student will be able to: • To acquire fundamental knowledge about the constraints of flying an aircraft. • To recognize the different methods to apply to reduce the consumption of an aircraft. • To mobilize the knowledge acquired in order to carry out an initial shape optimization , taking into account the compromises between aerodynamic aspects, structural aspects, controllability aspects and flight dynamics, with the aim of reducing the consumption of the aircraft while respecting performance criteria. • To demonstrate critical thinking regarding the low fidelity methods used.
Sustainable development goals
Knowledge control procedures
Continuous Assessment
Comments: During this module, students will be divided into several groups who will compete in an entirely digital challenge.
The groups will receive a basic plane shape in a digital file and will have to optimize this shape in order to reach a plane going from point A to point B while optimizing consumption, and being stable in terms of flight dynamics and structure.
A flight dynamics script will be provided to each group. Using rapid low-fidelity tools, the groups will have to, at each stage of modification of their shape, characterize the aerodynamics of their shape, a characterization which will be put as input to the flight dynamics python script. A low-fidelity method for determining the distribution of masses will also be made available in order to be able to obtain an estimate of the inertial data of the aircraft and to verify its structural integrity. Students will take into account the notions of controlling their plane.
At the end of the module, each team will provide a report which will outline the different decisions relating to the choices for optimizing their form and will orally defend their work. The defense will be conducted in front of peers.
This will lead to two evaluations (report and defense). The last being the individual work note linked to the student's involvement in the project.
Online resources
Moodle, Lectures/exercices, on demand activities, project monitoring, 3D printing, machining, laser cutting, foundry, Comsol, etc.
Pedagogy
Sequencing / learning methods
| Number of hours - Lectures : | 0 |
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| Number of hours - Tutorial : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Practical work : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Seminar : | 92 |
| Number of hours - Half-group seminar : | 0 |
| Number of student hours in TEA (Autonomous learning) : | 48 |
| Number of student hours in TNE (Non-supervised activities) : | 0 |
| Number of hours in CB (Fixed exams) : | 0 |
| Number of student hours in PER (Personal work) : | 0 |
| Number of hours - Projects : | 0 |
Prerequisites
none
Maximum number of registrants
32