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Arbeiten am Department Fahrzeugtechnik und Flugzeugbau, Prüfer: Prof. Scholz

Some tasks below are written in German while others are written in English. Of course every task can be done in either language. I did not go through the trouble of writing everything in both languages. German students can understand both and can decide in which language they want to work and write. International students, please ask me for a translation if a task described in German seems interesting for you (or get started by using an online translator).

Bachelorarbeit bei mir - wie geht das rechtlich?

Fachspezifische Prüfungs- und Studienordnung der Bachelorstudiengänge Fahrzeugbau und Flugzeugbau der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (University of Applied Sciences) vom 11. Juni 2015

§ 4 Vorpraxis und praxisbezogene Studienanteile (Zu § 6 APSO-INGI)
(2) In den Studiengängen Fahrzeugbau und Flugzeugbau ist ein von der Hochschule gelenktes industrielles Projekt bestehend aus Praxisphase und Bachelorarbeit von insgesamt 22 Wochen Dauer [!!!=5,5 Monate!!!] ... im siebten Semester durchzuführen. Das industrielle Projekt ist vorzugsweise im industriellen Berufsfeld des Fahrzeugbau- oder Flugzeugbauingenieurs durchzuführen.

§ 7 Praxisphase und Bachelorarbeit (Zu § 15 APSO-INGI)
(4) Die Bearbeitungsdauer der Bachelorarbeit beträgt drei Monate.
(6) Entscheiden sich die Studierenden, die Praxisphase und die Bachelorarbeit in mehreren Einrichtungen oder Betrieben durchzuführen [die BACHELORARBEIT AN DER HAW HAMBURG bei mir], kann dieses in Praxisphase (15 CP) und Bachelorarbeit mit Kolloquium (15 CP) [also BACHELORARBEIT bei mir] getrennt werden. Die Trennung ist bei dem jeweiligen Praktikumsbeauftragten für das industrielle Projekt zu beantragen [DAS GEHT SCHRIFTLICH FORMLOS OHNE SCHWIERIGKEITEN]. In diesem Fall beträgt die getrennt von der Bachelorarbeit ablaufende Praxisphase [nur noch] zwei Monate [!!!] ..., die Bearbeitungsdauer der Bachelorarbeit bleibt unverändert. [!!! Sie sparen dabei sogar noch 2 Wochen !!!]

Gibt es auch etwas einfachere/schnellere Projekte?

I have been approached by students saying they want to get their credit for a project (or thesis) with as little work as possible. Other professors would be offering projects requiring very little work. In order to compete also in this race for lowest effort, I offer "Easy-Going-Projects". Time for the investigation is very limited, however, I can not compromise on writing style. Students will have to deliver a report written to scientific standards with proper references. "Easy-Going-Projects" can also be team projects. In this case, the limited work is even shared in the group. In any case, the report will look ok, but for the individual there is very little work due to the limited scale of the task.

Liste der Angebote / Tasks Offered

In the projekt SAS (Simple Aircraft Sizing) I have always tasks on offer for a Project, Bachelor Thesis, or Master Thesis.
Please get in touch: e-mail

Prof. Scholz

Thema / Topic Typ der Arbeit / Type of Work Aufgabenstellung / Task Status

Passenger Aircraft Preliminary Sizing with the Cubic Wing Loading Parameter Project Wing Loading is m/S, mass of the aircraft divided by wing surface area. Cubic Wing Loading is m/(S)^(2/3). The surface area is taken to the power of 2/3. As such the unit of the surface area m² is converted to m³. Cubin Wing Loading (CWL) has the unit of kg/m³, which is the unit of density. We know from statistics that Wing Loading, m/S is NOT independent of aircraft size. Instead, Wing Loading increases with aircraft size.
1.) We want to see, if CWL is rather a constant value for passenger aircraft of comparable design.
2.) We want to rewrite Preliminary Sizing (Chapter 5 in the Aircraft Design Lecture Notes) and see if CWL brings any advantage to the calculation. A paper is discussing CLW. It is a good starting point for your project. CWL is used for RC aircraft, have a look. available

Optimization in Aircraft Design with Excel's "Solver" Thesis In the research project SAS (Simple Aircraft Sizing) we have developed optimization tools to support the first step in Aircraft Design called Preliminary Sizing. All of these little tools use an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) of type Differential Evolution (DE). The Excel Solver has been used only as part of the global Differential Evolution. This is described in the Dissertation (PDF, 10 MB) in Chapter 6.2 and 7.3.3. The dissertation was part of OPerA. In order so simplify the tools from SAS, we want to find out, if we can also produce a tool for Preliminary Aircraft Design that makes use only of Excel's Solver. available

Proposing a Classification for Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Aerospace Sciences Project easy-going Classifications - the heart of science. Examples of classifications are DDC (German), ICD-11, and other standard classifications. For the task here, please have a look at this: A first idea to get started (written by myself). What other classifications exist in our field of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Aerospace Sciences? What is the best and most suitable one? What are applications for such a classification (apart from the publishing industry)? available

Digital Publishing in Engineering Research & Development Project or Thesis As an individual in a company or as part of the international science community the need arises to communicate/disseminate your work results among your peers. Today the communication and/or dissemination will primarily be digital, but in most cases still traditionally based on writing. Other means of digital communication (voice, graphical, video, data centered) are possible, but not the main focus of this task. A company would have (hopefully) defined its product centered communication strategies and standards. Information will primarily be pushed through the organization as need to know requires. Corporate research results are archived and kept secret, protected by patents, or shared with the international science community. In the international science community, the information is rather pulled by researchers in literature reviews. For this reason, researchers make their results publically available in established databases and/or consider alternative means of dissemination through the Internet. The project gives an overview of the various modern digital publishing concepts and provides students with a hands-on experience ranging from scientific writing to publishing strategies for their own career development, be it in industry or academia.
A proposed Table of Contents is also available. Your task is to write a report about all major aspects of "Digital Publishing in Engineering Research & Development".
available

Software Testing: Rapid Air System Concept Exploration (RASCE) Project or Thesis RASCE is an Excel-based aircraft design tool which is offered as "Complimentary Program" to OpenVSP (www.openvsp.org). RASCE comes in four versions. We are most interested in the turbofan design tool. Check out the tool and redesign a selected aircraft. Compare with the aircraft design tools used in my lecture (http://fe.ProfScholz.de) and research group (software will be provided). You could even compare with ADAS (see task below). What can we learn or add from RASCE?
Links:
http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=rasce
http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=rasce:f2009.rasce_overview.pdf
RASCE for Turbofan Aircraft:
http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=rasce:rasce.tbfan.2009.xls available

Reserved:
Software Testing: CEASIOMpy Project or Thesis CEASIOMpy is a conceptual aircraft design environment. CEASIOMpy can be used to set up complex design and optimization workflows, both for conventional and unconventional configurations. Tools for various disciplines in aircraft design are provided, amongst others: aerodynamics, weight and balance, flight mechanics, structures, aeroelasticity. Please find details here:
https://ceasiompy.readthedocs.io
https://github.com/cfsengineering/CEASIOMpy
Compare also with the Master Thesis written by Maria Pester in 2010 archived in http://library.ProfScholz.de. reserved

Analytical Balanced Field Length Estimation Thesis Calculation of the balanced field length (BFL) traditionally involves a numerical calculation, where the various forces are evaluated as a function of speed, using a step-wise integration and an estimate for V1. The process is iterated with different values for the engine failure speed until the accelerate-stop and accelerate-go distances are equal. Are there simple analytical methods to estimate BFL? (See: Thesis Ehrig, SAE-Paper [new link!] or Raymer) reserved

Design of a Hydrogen Near Zero Emission Passenger Aircraft Master Thesis Requirements: 120 .. 200 pax, 2000 NM, cruise Mach number 0.78 (i.e. the reference are the A320 TLAR)
Technology options (and combinations): Hydrogen turbofan or turboprop, hybrid with fuel cell and embedded electric motor (for boost or cruise).
Fuel options: LH2 (new design), synthetic fuel (drop-in fuel).
Design for different objectives (minimum of ...): DOC, fuel, primary energy, climate impact, environmental impact (climate & resources).
Note:
Zero emission (zero climate impact) is impossible.
Burning hydrogen produces water and NOx.
It is primarily NOT about "decarbonization".
The major environmental effect depends on cruise altitude and Aviation Induced Cloudiness (AIC).
Aviation has a water problem more than a CO2 problem.
All considerations have to be based on a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and its "Single Score".
reserved

Arbeiten in Kooperation mit Firmen und Instituten

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Prof. Scholz

Thema	Firma	Typ der Arbeit	Aufgabenstellung
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Arbeiten an Hochschulen im Ausland

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Prof. Scholz

Hochschule	Typ der Arbeit	Bemerkung
University of Limerick Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical and Biomedical Engineering	Projekt, Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit	I.d.R. persönliche Betreuung der Arbeit durch Dr. Trevor Young
Wichita State University Department of Aerospace Engineering	Projekt, Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit	I.d.R. persönliche Betreuung der Arbeit durch Prof. Dr. Roy Myose

Weitere nützliche Links zu angebotenen Arbeiten

www.die-bachelorarbeit.de
www.die-masterarbeit.de

Vorgehen bei der Aufnahme und Abgabe eines Projektes

Aufnahme einer Projektarbeit

Ich muss leider feststellen, dass ich von Studenten wegen einer Arbeit angesprochen werde, ich Themen reserviere, es dann aber irgendwie nicht oder nur sehr verzögert zu einer Eintragung in Helios kommt.

Ich lege daher dieses Verfahren fest:

Sie sprechen mit mir über ein Thema und lesen die verfügbaren Informationen bei mir im WWW:
http://ArbeitenHinweise.ProfScholz.de
http://Buch.ProfScholz.de
Wir klären Ihre noch offenen Fragen.

1.) Sie melden sich in Helios an:

3900 Projekt/Schwerp.Entwurf (Bachelor)
900 Projekt im Flugzeugbau (Master, PO 2010)
16031 Projekt im Master (Master, PO 2015)

2.) Parallel gewähren Sie mir noch schriftlich das Recht, Ihre Arbeit gegebenenfalls (wenn diese dafür gut genug ist) bei mir im Internet zugänglich zu machen. Siehe dazu: http://Bibliothek.ProfScholz.de.

Erst nach 1.) und 2.) besprechen wir die tiefergehenden fachlichen Details Ihres Themas.

Abgabe einer Projektarbeit

Die Bearbeitungszeit für eine Projektarbeit beträgt 6 Monate. Bitte teilen Sie sich Ihre Arbeitszeit entsprechend ein. Man kann auch durchfallen, weil die Abgabefrist nicht eingehalten wird. Sie können bei mir formlos einen Antrag auf Fristverlängerung stellen. Das muss aber spätestens zwei Wochen vor Fristablauf geschehen. Sie werden von mir an dieses Datum nicht erinnert, sondern müssen selbst die Seite http://ArbeitenAngefangen.ProfScholz.de beachten. Bei einer möglicherweise unrichtigen Darstellung auf der Seite, sollten Sie rechtzeitig um Korrektur bitten, damit wir eine übereinstimmende Sichtweise auf Ihre Arbeit herstellen. Wenn das eingetragene Abgabedatum überschritten ist, ohne dass mir das Ergebnis der Arbeit vorliegt, werde ich (am nächsten Tag ohne weitere Rücksprache) eine 5,0 in Helios eintragen. Sie haben dann die Möglichkeit sich bei mir zu einer neuen Arbeit mit ähnlichem Thema anzumelden.

Ich weise schon an dieser Stelle darauf hin, dass ich sogenannte "4.0-Bescheinigungen" nicht erteile. Das werden andere Kollegen auch nicht anders handhaben, denn es gibt eine Handreichung vom Prüfungsausschuss unseres Departments u.a. zu "Bescheinigungen zu Studienarbeiten":
2020-10-18_HinweiseVomPA_Abschluss-und-ProjektArbeiten.pdf

STAND: 16.04.2021
AUTOR: Prof. Dr. Scholz
IMPRESSUM (PDF)

  Prof. Dr. Scholz
  Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO)
  Studiengang Flugzeugbau
  Department Fahrzeugtechnik und Flugzeugbau
  Fakultät Technik und Informatik
  HAW Hamburg

Thema / Topic	Typ der Arbeit / Type of Work	Aufgabenstellung / Task	Status
Passenger Aircraft Preliminary Sizing with the Cubic Wing Loading Parameter	Project	Wing Loading is m/S, mass of the aircraft divided by wing surface area. Cubic Wing Loading is m/(S)^(2/3). The surface area is taken to the power of 2/3. As such the unit of the surface area m² is converted to m³. Cubin Wing Loading (CWL) has the unit of kg/m³, which is the unit of density. We know from statistics that Wing Loading, m/S is NOT independent of aircraft size. Instead, Wing Loading increases with aircraft size. 1.) We want to see, if CWL is rather a constant value for passenger aircraft of comparable design. 2.) We want to rewrite Preliminary Sizing (Chapter 5 in the Aircraft Design Lecture Notes) and see if CWL brings any advantage to the calculation. A paper is discussing CLW. It is a good starting point for your project. CWL is used for RC aircraft, have a look.	available
Optimization in Aircraft Design with Excel's "Solver"	Thesis	In the research project SAS (Simple Aircraft Sizing) we have developed optimization tools to support the first step in Aircraft Design called Preliminary Sizing. All of these little tools use an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) of type Differential Evolution (DE). The Excel Solver has been used only as part of the global Differential Evolution. This is described in the Dissertation (PDF, 10 MB) in Chapter 6.2 and 7.3.3. The dissertation was part of OPerA. In order so simplify the tools from SAS, we want to find out, if we can also produce a tool for Preliminary Aircraft Design that makes use only of Excel's Solver.	available
Proposing a Classification for Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Aerospace Sciences	Project	Classifications - the heart of science. Examples of classifications are DDC (German), ICD-11, and other standard classifications. For the task here, please have a look at this: A first idea to get started (written by myself). What other classifications exist in our field of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Aerospace Sciences? What is the best and most suitable one? What are applications for such a classification (apart from the publishing industry)?	available
Digital Publishing in Engineering Research & Development	Project or Thesis	As an individual in a company or as part of the international science community the need arises to communicate/disseminate your work results among your peers. Today the communication and/or dissemination will primarily be digital, but in most cases still traditionally based on writing. Other means of digital communication (voice, graphical, video, data centered) are possible, but not the main focus of this task. A company would have (hopefully) defined its product centered communication strategies and standards. Information will primarily be pushed through the organization as need to know requires. Corporate research results are archived and kept secret, protected by patents, or shared with the international science community. In the international science community, the information is rather pulled by researchers in literature reviews. For this reason, researchers make their results publically available in established databases and/or consider alternative means of dissemination through the Internet. The project gives an overview of the various modern digital publishing concepts and provides students with a hands-on experience ranging from scientific writing to publishing strategies for their own career development, be it in industry or academia. A proposed Table of Contents is also available. Your task is to write a report about all major aspects of "Digital Publishing in Engineering Research & Development".	available
Software Testing: Rapid Air System Concept Exploration (RASCE)	Project or Thesis	RASCE is an Excel-based aircraft design tool which is offered as "Complimentary Program" to OpenVSP (www.openvsp.org). RASCE comes in four versions. We are most interested in the turbofan design tool. Check out the tool and redesign a selected aircraft. Compare with the aircraft design tools used in my lecture (http://fe.ProfScholz.de) and research group (software will be provided). You could even compare with ADAS (see task below). What can we learn or add from RASCE? Links: http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=rasce http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=rasce:f2009.rasce_overview.pdf RASCE for Turbofan Aircraft: http://www.openvsp.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=rasce:rasce.tbfan.2009.xls	available
Reserved:
Software Testing: CEASIOMpy	Project or Thesis	CEASIOMpy is a conceptual aircraft design environment. CEASIOMpy can be used to set up complex design and optimization workflows, both for conventional and unconventional configurations. Tools for various disciplines in aircraft design are provided, amongst others: aerodynamics, weight and balance, flight mechanics, structures, aeroelasticity. Please find details here: https://ceasiompy.readthedocs.io https://github.com/cfsengineering/CEASIOMpy Compare also with the Master Thesis written by Maria Pester in 2010 archived in http://library.ProfScholz.de.	reserved
Analytical Balanced Field Length Estimation	Thesis	Calculation of the balanced field length (BFL) traditionally involves a numerical calculation, where the various forces are evaluated as a function of speed, using a step-wise integration and an estimate for V1. The process is iterated with different values for the engine failure speed until the accelerate-stop and accelerate-go distances are equal. Are there simple analytical methods to estimate BFL? (See: Thesis Ehrig, SAE-Paper [new link!] or Raymer)	reserved
Design of a Hydrogen Near Zero Emission Passenger Aircraft	Master Thesis	Requirements: 120 .. 200 pax, 2000 NM, cruise Mach number 0.78 (i.e. the reference are the A320 TLAR) Technology options (and combinations): Hydrogen turbofan or turboprop, hybrid with fuel cell and embedded electric motor (for boost or cruise). Fuel options: LH2 (new design), synthetic fuel (drop-in fuel). Design for different objectives (minimum of ...): DOC, fuel, primary energy, climate impact, environmental impact (climate & resources). Note: Zero emission (zero climate impact) is impossible. Burning hydrogen produces water and NOx. It is primarily NOT about "decarbonization". The major environmental effect depends on cruise altitude and Aviation Induced Cloudiness (AIC). Aviation has a water problem more than a CO2 problem. All considerations have to be based on a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and its "Single Score".	reserved