Dieter Scholz

Aircraft Design

An Open Educational Resource (OER) for Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU)

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Publications and Videos about Aircraft Design and this OER

PFLAUM, Ellen; SCHOLZ, Dieter: Aircraft Design (Flugzeugentwurf).
In: Synergie - Fachmagazin für Digitalisierung in der Lehre. Sonderband: HOOU Content Projekte 2015/16, 2017. -
URL: https://www.synergie.uni-hamburg.de
*.pdf

HOOU-Content-Projekte-2015-2016_AircraftDesign.pdf Geändert am: 27 May 2017, Größe: 839K

item FLITTA, Julia; SCHOLZ, Dieter: Aircraft Design (Entwurf von Passagierflugzeugen). - URL: http://HOOU.ProfScholz.de
*.pdf HOOU-Poster_AircraftDesign_2016.pdf Geändert am: 27 May 2017, Größe: 1.6M

Aircraft Design @ HOOU - Teaser
German, English subtitles (2016)
Aircraft Design @ HOOU - Introduction
(2016)
Aircraft Design @ HOOU - Interview
Prof. Scholz, German (2016)
Aircraft Design @ HOOU - Interview
Prof. Scholz, English (2016)

Subtitles? Start video, click on "YouTube", switch on Subtitles and switch to English Language there!

Watch the video The Kid and the Kite (1995). It is about the fascination of aerospace from an industrial perspective. The video is international as it works without words. Interesting is also the philosophical trailer. What do you think about it? Do you think industry can live up these statements in reality?

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Start to Learn with this Hotspot Picture

Get started with Aircraft Design by learning about the main parts of an aircraft.
Click on (+) to get a Definition of the related aircraft component and follow the links to Wikipedia and NASA to learn more.
Click on the Hotspot (+) which is up in the air in the picture for an Introduction!!!
Look at NASA's Overview of Aircraft Parts.
The picture shows an Emirates Airbus A340-300 (source).

Aircraft Design

Lecture Notes

Please quote the lecture notes like this:
SCHOLZ, Dieter, 2015. Aircraft Design. Lecture Notes. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Available from: http://LectureNotes.AircraftDesign.org.

Dieter SCHOLZ: Aircraft Design

Chapter Titel Number of Pages PDF Remarks

Title Page 2

Contents 4

1 Introduction 7

2 Aircraft Design Sequence 6

3 Requirements and Certification 6

4 Aircraft Configurations 11 Sketch your aircraft ideas with NASA's OpenVSP
maybe together with OpenVSP-Connect (Excel)

5 Preliminary Sizing 32 Aircraft preliminary sizing, Part 25:
Preliminary Sizing Tool: PreSTo-Classic (Excel Workbook)
Simple Aircraft Sizing & Optimization: SAS (Excel Workbook)

6 Fuselage Design 21 Cabin and fuselage interactive design:
Preliminary Sizing Tool: PreSTo-Cabin (Excel Workbook)

7 Wing Design 43 Paper: Efficiency of Winglets
Wing lift curve slope & lift distribution: Diederich Method (Excel Workbook)

8 High Lift Systems and Maximum Lift Coefficients 21 Alternative method to wing maximum lift coefficient:
Diederich Method (Excel Workbook)

9 Empennage General Design 16 Paper: Empennage Sizing with Tail Volume & Method for Dorsal Fin Layout

10 Mass and Center of Gravity 24

11 Empennage Sizing 29

12 Landing Gear Conceptual Design and Integration 13 Author: Bernd Trahmer

13 Drag Prediction 16 Zero-lift drag from:
a) Sum of wetted areas and equivalent skin friction factor, or
b) Drag build-up from major aircraft components.

14 Design Evaluation / DOC 32

References 3

Sum: 286

Appendix A Several Approaches to Drag Estimation 11 Step 1 to the Drag Polar: Zero-lift drag estimation.
a) Max. glide ratio estimation. Subsequently: Zero-lift drag from max. glide ratio.
b) Wave drag estimation (additional to zero-lift drag).

Appendix B Estimating the Oswald Factor from Basic Aircraft Geometrical Parameter 35 Step 2 to the Drag Polar: Induced drag estimation.
equation for a_e
M_comp = 0.3; M₀ = M_CR + 0,08; b_e = 10,8

Sum, Appendix: 46

Summary Aircraft Design in a Nutshell 25 Please make much use of this file to get prepared for the examination.

Examination Examination in the Short Course Aircraft Design 5

Solution Solution for the Examination in the Short Course Aircraft Design 19 Please check your own results based on what is written here.

Please see the Aircraft Design page with "official pictures" of teams taking this OER as a short course.

Aircraft Design Videos in my Playlists on YouTube

Aircraft Design --- Shows my own videos with aircraft in flight, designed at HAW Hamburg.
Aircraft Design - A Video Collection --- Shows my links to Aircraft Design videos, I consider beneficial and fun to watch.

Test Your Aircraft Design Knowledge

Or just go to the page with the Interactive Content embedded.

Interactive Aircraft Design with OpenVSP-Connect

Do you want to calculate and automatically draw your own aircraft? Go to http://OpenVSP.ProfScholz.de

A320 sketched with OpenVSP

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Author: Dieter Scholz
Link: http://HOOU.ProfScholz.de

LAST UPDATE: 13 June 2023
AUTHOR: Prof. Dr. Scholz
IMPRESSUM (PDF)

  Prof. Dr. Scholz
  Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO)
  Aeronautical Engineering
  Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
  Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
  Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Dieter SCHOLZ: Aircraft Design
Chapter	Titel	Number of Pages	PDF	Remarks
	Title Page	2
	Contents	4
1	Introduction	7
2	Aircraft Design Sequence	6
3	Requirements and Certification	6
4	Aircraft Configurations	11		Sketch your aircraft ideas with NASA's OpenVSP maybe together with OpenVSP-Connect (Excel)
5	Preliminary Sizing	32		Aircraft preliminary sizing, Part 25: Preliminary Sizing Tool: PreSTo-Classic (Excel Workbook) Simple Aircraft Sizing & Optimization: SAS (Excel Workbook)
6	Fuselage Design	21		Cabin and fuselage interactive design: Preliminary Sizing Tool: PreSTo-Cabin (Excel Workbook)
7	Wing Design	43		Paper: Efficiency of Winglets Wing lift curve slope & lift distribution: Diederich Method (Excel Workbook)
8	High Lift Systems and Maximum Lift Coefficients	21		Alternative method to wing maximum lift coefficient: Diederich Method (Excel Workbook)
9	Empennage General Design	16		Paper: Empennage Sizing with Tail Volume & Method for Dorsal Fin Layout
10	Mass and Center of Gravity	24
11	Empennage Sizing	29
12	Landing Gear Conceptual Design and Integration	13		Author: Bernd Trahmer
13	Drag Prediction	16		Zero-lift drag from: a) Sum of wetted areas and equivalent skin friction factor, or b) Drag build-up from major aircraft components.
14	Design Evaluation / DOC	32
	References	3
	Sum:	286
Appendix A	Several Approaches to Drag Estimation	11		Step 1 to the Drag Polar: Zero-lift drag estimation. a) Max. glide ratio estimation. Subsequently: Zero-lift drag from max. glide ratio. b) Wave drag estimation (additional to zero-lift drag).
Appendix B	Estimating the Oswald Factor from Basic Aircraft Geometrical Parameter	35		Step 2 to the Drag Polar: Induced drag estimation. M_comp = 0.3; M₀ = M_CR + 0,08; b_e = 10,8
	Sum, Appendix:	46
Summary	Aircraft Design in a Nutshell	25		Please make much use of this file to get prepared for the examination.
Examination	Examination in the Short Course Aircraft Design	5
Solution	Solution for the Examination in the Short Course Aircraft Design	19		Please check your own results based on what is written here.