THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Unique Number: 13405 ASE 361K - Aircraft Design I Fall 2016 SYLLABUS Instructor: Time: Armand J. Chaput WRW 220B, 512-471-4258 ajchaput@mail.utexas.edu Lecture - Tu 2:00-3:30 p.m.; Th 2:00-3:30 p.m Design team and lab projects - Th 5:00-9:00 p.m. Location: WRW 113 Teaching Assistants: George Sammy, ASE361K@austin.utexas.edu Web Page: Canvas at https://courses.utexas.edu, 16Sp Aircraft Design I (13395) Catalog Description: Conceptual design of an aircraft to meet a mission specification. Includes estimation of weight, cost from payload, and range requirements; selection of configuration; preliminary sizing of wing, fuselage, and tail/canard; aerodynamic design of wing and tail; weight and balance; and performance estimation. Three lecture hours and four laboratory hours a week for one semester. Course Objectives: Course Objectives: Provide students with a Systems Engineering-based learning experience that brings together content from other courses plus new content related to aircraft and system design. Design I addresses air systems in general and unmanned air systems in particular. Students work in teams and individually to learn how to approach design of a complex air system starting with analysis of top-level objectives and requirements and continuing on through conceptual system and subsystem design, modeling and analysis, performance estimation, system concept selection, project planning and risk analysis. Students are expected to develop realistic system concepts and present/document proposed system capabilities to meet customer objectives and requirements. The course ends with selection of one or two team concepts for further development, build and test in ASE 361L (Design II). Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Aerospace Engineering 320 with a grade of at least C-, and credit with a grade of at least C- or registration for Aerospace Engineering 367K. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Students Should Have Before Entering This Course: Fundamental knowledge of aerodynamics, structures, propulsion and flight mechanics; university level physics, optics and math. Fundamental computer skills, especially Excel spreadsheet analysis, are required. Students who are taking a required course concurrently can be granted a waiver. Students who have not taken a required course but have done self study in an area can request special consideration for a waiver. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Students Should Gain from this Course (Learning Outcomes): Consistent with other ASE capstone courses, ASE 361K gives students first hand experience in systems engineering design as it is practiced in industry and government. This course teaches students how to approach the design of unmanned air (UA) systems including concepts of operations, requirements, initial sizing and conceptual level parametric and spreadsheet assessment of major system elements. Students work individually and on teams to develop designs to meet broadly stated objectives. Experience gained includes System Engineering design, ethics in engineering and the importance of safety. Students learn how to develop design concepts to meet top level system design objectives. They learn how to develop an initial concept and to improve it using quantitative engineering trade studies. They learn to make assumptions and how to test the impact of those assumptions, and subsequently to modify or abandon their assumptions

as appropriate. They learn that design is iterative and how to use historical data to evaluate the validity of design estimates. They also learn to present their results in a concise, accurate, and professional manner. Impact on Subsequent Courses in Curriculum: ASE 361K is a prerequisite for ASE 361L which is a required course for graduation. In addition ASE 361K provides a perspective on design application of knowledge from other courses that can be beneficial in subsequent courses. Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes: This course contributes to the following ABET Criterion 3 outcomes and those specific to the EAC accredited program. AEROSPACE ENGINEERING PROGRAM OUTCOMES a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. b. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams. e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. g. An ability to communicate effectively. h. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. j. Knowledge of contemporary issues. k. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. ABET Program Criteria Achieved: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING PROGRAM CRITERIA Programs must demonstrate that graduates have A. knowledge of: 1. Aeronautical engineering: a. Aerodynamics b. Aerospace materials c. Structures d. Propulsion e. Flight mechanics f. Stability and control. 3. Of some topics from the area not emphasized Note: This course teaches fundamental math and engineering skills Course Topics: Topic # of classes ABET 2010 Program Outcomes ABET Program Criteria System engineering design including concepts of 10 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k 3-B operation and non-aeronautical system integration Design of aeronautical systems 10 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k 1-a,b,c,d,e,f Test and evaluation 10 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k 1-a,d,e,f Requirement development and management 5 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k 1-a,d,e,f Effective written and verbal communication 5 d,g,h,j,k 3-B Program and project management 5 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k 3-B

Technical, ethical and societal topics as appropriate 4 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k 3-B Professionalism Topics: ABET Program Outcomes are addressed as a part of the overall curriculum. Some professionalism topics are included in lectures while others are part of other assignments. Specific professionalism topics addressed include Requirements analysis and tracking Risk analysis and management Configuration management Effective design review Project performance tracking, identification and communication of issues Project planning and management Individual and team performance evaluation Multi-discipline decision making Team member diversity and inclusive decision making Effective written communication and verbal presentation Lab/shop/test range safety Design Assignments: Assignments include both individual student and team projects including Systems Engineering Design applications Parametric model based design Mission concept design and requirements Sensor and payload design, requirements and integration Air system concept design, requirements, integration, testing and operation Aerodynamic and propulsion design and requirements and integration Structural requirements, design, analysis, integration, fabrication and testing Mass property, volume and secondary power estimation, design, requirements and tracking Air vehicle performance, mission convergence and model validation Multi-discipline design, analysis and trades Ground and flight test design, planning, execution and data analysis Laboratory Assignments: Experiments may be conducted in the Air System Laboratory (ASL) or other ASE laboratories and at the Austin Radio Control (ARC) model aircraft field to obtain design data not otherwise available including. Required test equipment and materials will be provided. Fkight testing will be performed under supervision. Laboratory Lectures and Reviews: Laboratory time is used for selected team focused subjects including design reviews in preparation for Design II. Computer: Computer analysis and optimization of system and air vehicle concepts will be performed using spreadsheets and special purpose programs. Any operating system compatible with the Learning Resource Center (LRC) can be used. Extensive use will be made of MS PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel and Email. Personal laptop use in class is required. Required text: None. Course materials are provided as handouts by the instructor at no cost to the student and also posted to Canvas. Students are expected to keep course handouts in a notebook in lieu of traditional textbook. A number of traditional aircraft design textbooks are av ailable for reference on-site in the Air System Library. Other course materials are provided as handouts by the instructor at no cost to the student and also posted to Canvas. Class Format: Two 1hour 15 minute lecture classes per week including class discussion and reviews. Up to four hours per week of team laboratory focused activities including design project development, design reviews and experiments. Class schedule and outline: Lecture class time will be used primarily for instructor lectures. Laboratory time will be used for multiple purposes to include selected lectures, student team presentations, projects and activities. Details are provided on the page that follows:

Mth Day Lectures Assignments - individual Peer Eval Laboratory Assignments - Team 0. Take online SE questionnaire 25 Aircraft System Engineering Design A Parametric Model Based Approach, Syllabus, RFI/RFP Bring paper copy of student background interests to lab Tour 220A and 202A, Lab safety (MMaughmer), Form teams Document team member names, user ID and email addresses Aug 29 Labor Day Holiday Vesper Configuration Description Document (CDD), HW#1 - SAVE Atmosphere model 1. Submit team member list (excel) by Aeronautical Conventions and Atmospheres (Chapt application, bring laptops 0800 Sep 30 2) Sep 1 Sep 5 6 Sep 8 Sep 12 13 15 Sep 19 Chapter 1 - Introduction to Systems Engineering (SE), SE survey results Air vehicle mass properties and parametric sizing (Chapt 4), ASL MP data Mass and volume req'd sizing model and design application, Leadership Lecture 1 (HMark) AFD Visit - Team Intro, Q&A. Air vehicle geometry and parametric sizing (Chapt 5) Intro to Vehicle Sketch Pad (VSP), Geometry and volume avail. model and design application 1. Submit HW#1 1 HW#2 - SAVE Mass/Volume (req'd) model application 2. Submit HW#2 HW#3 SAVE Mass/VSP Geometry/ Volume (avail) model application Discussion: Air vehicle considerations and data, RFI/RFP and derived reqmnts, Config selection criteria Lecture - Mission Definition and Planning (Chapt 3), Sensor Demo Discussion: Qualified Bidders Conference expectations (QBC), Config selection criteria feedback 2. Submit SE requirement spreadsheet - documented thru Section 2 Hands-on sensors, Team ConOps and Configuration Selection Criteria 3a. Submit SE req'ment spreadsheet with req'ments assigned thru Section 2, 3b. Draft config. selection criteria QBC preparations including remaining QBC evaluation criteria 3. Submit HW#3 Team QBC submittal due Thursday Exam 1 Expectations, CD Aerodynamics HW#4 - CD Aero model application 20 CD Aero model design application, Leadership Qualified Bidders Conference (QBC) 4. Submit QBC PPt. Sep 22 Lecture 2 (HMark) Sep 26 No individual homework submittal 2 No team submittal QBC Feedback, Practice exam Q&A, Wing 27 structural design and analysis Wing structural design and analysis cont'd, Class Exam 1 - calculators only 29 wing test readiness entry and exit criteria Oct 3 4. Submit HW#4 No team submittal HW#5 - CD BEProp model CD propulsion cycle decks, BEProp and ICProp 4 application Exam 1 answers, Wing build Propeller models, Leadership lecture 3 (HMark) Wing build 1, Derived requirements Oct 6 (MMaughmer) 5. Submit requirement spreadsheet w/ 5. Submit HW#5 (BEProp) Oct 10 derived req'ments assigned HW#6 - RTF and BL point CD Air Vehicle Performance 11 performance model application Wing build 2, VSP model development, Air vehicle point performance inc. surveillance Lecture: VSP tutorial (GSammy) Oct 13 First round config selection 6. Submit initial concepts and rationale 6. Submit HW#6 3 Oct 17 (PPt) 18 Oct 20 Oct 24 25 RTF and baseline (BL) model convergence, Design/requirement sensitivity analysis, Leadership lecture 4 (HMark) Exam 2 expectations, SAVE-based trades, surveillance performance, Phase 1 Variant expectations HW#7- RTF and BL converged model applications Discussion: Team SAVE model development, Wing static TRR Q&A RTF VSP model development, complete wing build 7. Submit HW#7 7. Submit RTF and BL VSP models HW#8 - Converged RTF and BL models SAVE- based configuration comparison and Class Wing Test Readiness Review Submit TRR presentations, RTF and BL 27 selection, Config Selection Readiness Review (TRR) SAVE model development Oct 31 No individual homework submittal 4 No team submittal Nov 1 Practice exam Q&A, ASCR expectations, Sp2017 events, Program plan and schdule Autopilot lecture (GSammy), Leadership Lecture 5 Nov 3 (HMark) Exam 2 8. Submit RTF and BL mission and 8. Submit HW#8 Nov 7 payload converged SAVE models SAVE model feedback, Autopilot mission planner 8 demonstration (GSammy) 10 Nov 14 15 17 Exam 2 answers, Fundamentals of Engineering Flight Test (EFT) Technical decision making and decision documentation Requirement compliance, Risk assessment, Program management and organization, Leadership Lecture 6 (HMark) Nov 21 22 ASCR Q&A and preparations Nov 28 24 Thanksgiving 29 Dec 1 Dec 15 ASCR documentation reqview assignment, ASCR preparations ASCR documentation evaluation results, CIS and ASCR preparations 5 6 7 Class flight test - B/U Team mission simulation Team mission simulation, B/U Class flight test Flight test, Simulation based ConOps evaluation, Wing test 9. Submit Config Selection Readiness Review results Flight test, Simulation based ConOps evaluation, Wing test 9. Submit ConOps simulation lessons learned and Configuration Selection 12. Submit wing static test results and converged Variant SAVE model with documented input rationale ASCR 13. Submit ASCR PPt Charts by 1500 14. Submit ASCR Documentation by 0800 15 December

Publication policy: All ASE 361K project results and presentation materials will be considered publically available documents and will be used for educational purposes and/or posted for public access. Project grades and evaluations, however, will be strictly private per university regulations Grading: Individual student attendance - 10% Individual student professionalism - ±10% Individual student homework - 10% Individual student examinations (design methodology) - 25% Team bidders conference presentation - 5% Team homework - 10% Team Alternate System Concept Review (ASCR) Presentation - 20% Team Alternate System Concept Review (ASCR) design documentation - 20% Student grades will not be curved. Professionalism grades will be based on subjective assessments by the course instructional team and can add to or subtract from the overall course grade. Submittal of all design assignments and reports is required for course completion. Grading scale: A = 90% or above, B= 80-89%, C=70-79%, D= 60-69%, and below 60% will be an F. Plus/minus grades will not be assigned. Individual student contributions to team projects will be evaluated by team members using a peer evaluation form. Individual team member contributions will be evaluated for each team product submitted for grade and individual student shares of the team grades will be determined based on instructor and TA assessment of the peer evaluation results. Student participation in peer reviews is a course completion requirement. Assignments, homework and other deliverables: Students are responsible for keeping up with all assignments. When a class session is missed it is the responsibility of the student to identify the assignment and to study course materials missed. Homework (individual and team) will be due by 0800 on the Monday following the assigned week and will not be accepted after 0900 without prior permission. Team presentation materials will be due by 0800 on presentation day with updates allowed until the time of presentation. Grades will be based on the latest submittal only. All submittals for grade will be by email to the instructor and course TA. Submittals that do not copy both the TA and instructor will get no credit. Students are welcome to discuss team and individual assignments and solution strategies with classmates but must solve and/or program all submittals individually. Copying or using someone else s work in whole or in part and presenting it as your own, is a violation of professional and University ethics and the submittal will receive a grade of zero. Examinations: Two examinations will be given. Design project presentation and documentation will be submitted in lieu of a final examination. Attendance: Regular class attendance is expected and is an element of the overall course grade. Excused absences are allowed when requested in writing in advance. Students are allowed two unexcused lecture class absences and one lab class absence for the semester. More unexcused absences will result in dropping the student attendance grade up to 10 points for each additional absence plus potentially lowering scores on peer evaluations since they are based on team member contribution to team project efforts. Students with excused or unexcused absences are expected to make up assignments whether for submittal or in support of team projects. Note: Do not schedule job interviews, plant trips, etc. that conflict with team presentation dates. If a review or presentation conflicts with a religious holiday that students observe, notification must be given in advance and in writing so that alternate arrangements can be made. If students are sick for a review or presentation they must provide notification beforehand via e-mail.. Instructor Office Hours: Tu, Th 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., We 2:00-3:00 p.m., other times by appointment.

Important Dates: 25 Aug - First day of class 22 Sep - Qualified Bidders Conference (QBC) 29 Sep - Exam #1 3 Nov - Exam #2 1 Dec - Team Alternate Systems Concept Review presentation 15 Dec - Team Alternate Systems Concept Review documentation due Special Notes: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic adjustments for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TDD or the Cockrell School of Engineering Director of Students with Disabilities at 471-4321. Evaluation: The UT Electronic Course-Instructor Survey will be conducted at the end of the semester. Feedback on my teaching is welcome at any time. Tell me in person or send me a note. What you tell me early will benefit this class. Feedback at the end of the semester benefits the next class. Prepared by: Armand J. Chaput Date: 18 Aug 2016