THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING

Course objectives

Learning Objectives - Make the student aware that the configuration / design of an aircraft is the result of multidisciplinary design choices that involve knowledge of different subject areas (aerostructures, aerodynamics, engines, flight physics). - Make the student able to read and understand an aircraft design. - Make the student able to understand how aircraft have evolved and will evolve to interpret current and future configurations. - Make the student able to know how to use, following a multi-physical approach, the tools and methods relevant to the analysis and design of aircraft and their components. - Make the student able to know how to apply techniques and methods of multidisciplinary analysis to case studies related to existing aircraft.

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Course program
Summary program - Historical development of aerodynamic, structural and propulsive configurations of aircraft. - Case study analysis: how the design requirements and knowledge/technologies available in different sectors led to the design configuration of a successful or representative aircraft of a specific class - The integration of disciplines in aeronautical design: analysis of test cases Introduction to modern software tools for the preliminary design of the aircraft configuration - 1D structural tools (stick like-beam) for complete wing-fuselage configurations (e.g. MSC/NASTRAN) - Tools for aerodynamic configuration (e.g. AVL, CFD++) - “What if” type analysis based on shape and structural parameters of the configurations
Prerequisites
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Books
Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach di Daniel P. Raymer (Autore), AIAA , 2019
Exam mode
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  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseAerospace engineering
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDING-IND/06
  • CFU3