Part 1: Saturday September 28, 2019

and
Part 2: Saturday October 5, 2019
9 am - 4 pm

École de technologie supérieure ÉTS

1100 Notre-Dame St W,

H3C 1K3 Montreal

The
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (Quebec)
presents

AIRCRAFT DESIGN COURSE

Engine Cabin
Range
Entry Into Location Manufacturing Landing Gear Configuration
Service Sizing

Competitor Aerodynamics Propulsion

First Flight Cost
Analysis
Detailed Certification
Design Conceptual

Noise Design
Flight

Envelope

Market and Customer

Mission Requirements

The CASI Quebec Aircraft Design Course gives an overview of practical Jean-François Dussault Belleau
Course Lecturer,

working knowledge of principles, practices and techniques used for Engineering Professional, Advanced Design,
conceptual design of commercial and business jets. Bombardier Aviation

Jean-François completed
An aircraft is a particular combination of wing, fuselage, empennage, his Bachelor in Mechanical
powerplant and landing gear. How they interact each other is the result of an Engineering at Université
iterative process led by the conceptual design team with the help of Laval in Quebec City, after
fundamental disciplines such as aerodynamics, propulsion, loads, systems which, he moved to
Montreal to complete a
and structure. Master in Aerospace
Engineering with a
The initial layout depends upon factors related to the mission role, the specialization in
aerodynamics and propulsion at École
economic efficiency, the operational and functional requirements, the safety Polytechnique de Montréal. Since 2011, he
and reliability of the vehicle, the type of propulsion system, companies works in Advanced Design at Bombardier as a
engineering experience and so on. Conflicting requirements will undoubtedly conceptual designer on various design studies.
He also give lectures at École Polytechnique de
arise and tradeoff will be required in order to make a competitive but also an Montréal.
economically viable product. Unfortunately, no aircraft is perfect.
Cost:
Nowadays, aircraft development cycle is very expensive and can last up to a CASI Members and Students $80
decade. Even after certification, hundreds of airplanes must be delivered Regular - Early Bird $120
before profitability. In such a precarious environment, it is important to get Regular $135
the aircraft right. This puts a tremendous amount of pressure on the Includes breakfast and lunch.
conceptual design phase where the most of the aircraft configuration is
irrevocably set. Failure is not an option. May count towards professional devel-
opment hours!
The course will be split in 4 modules:
Module 1: Introduction to aircraft design Language: English
Case study: Understanding the customer needs: lessons from the past.
Module 2: Design morphology & preliminary integration Register at:
Module 3: Initial sizing and introduction to aircraft performance http://casiqc-aircraftdesign-
Module 4: Case Study: Sizing from requirements sep2019.bpt.me

Special interest in aviation is the only prerequisite for this class! Photo source:
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