ARO 4911L Section 03— Air Vehicle Design

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona — Aerospace Engineering Department

Homework 06: Operational Envelope, Fuselage, Fuel, and Engine

Carry out these design exercises using the AIAA THAAT RFP design competition requirements and the
current results of your design.
1. Operational Envelope (N&C Chapter 4)
Construct the operational envelope for your AIAA RFP design (use your P/W and W/S selection
with your MTOW). Use the Excel routine that was discussed and sent to you.
Show the calculated stall and T = D points. Disregard buffet boundary.
2. Preliminary fuselage layout (Nicolai & Carichner Ch. 8).
a. Determine length and width necessary to carry your cargo/payload.
b. Provide a full-page 3-view (3rd angle projection) drawing to scale of your fuselage. Show
passenger seats to be carried to scale: Draw seats & give aisle height/width, show cargo
locations(C); show lavatory(L) and doors(D).
i. Top view: show doors, crew, passenger seating, lavatory, etc.
ii. Side view: show pilot’s view angle and seating of pilot, cargo, passengers, and
doors.
iii. Cross-section view: show passenger seating, aisle height/width, and/or cargo area
with actual location.
3. Fuel (Nicolai & Carichner §8.1.10)
a. Estimate the fuel fraction to perform the required mission to determine the required fuel
weight, including reserves. State worst-case (in terms of tank volume needed) fueling
temperature and use fuel density to calculate the necessary volume in ft3.
4. Engine sizing (Nicolai & Carichner Ch. 18) .
a. Use your constraint diagram to size the engine(s) needed to meet the design mission specs
in terms of thrust for turbofans or hp and ηprop for turboprops.
b. Identify a few candidate engines that meet your specs. Make a table providing
manufacturer, model number, thrust or power, weight, TSFC/BSFC, and dimensions. Use
multiple engines as needed (you may scale an existing engine no more than 10% for this
exercise, but a real one is preferred over scaling). Select the best candidate, and explain
your choice using engineering data and considerations.
c. MAKE a full-page drawing showing both the gas engine and electric motor geometric data.
If you need to use a “scaled” gas engine or motor, use the scaling laws to predict its
dimensions. Explicitly show the location of the engine c.g. and, if applicable, the
battery+motor c.g. location to help do weight & balance later.