2018-2019 FALL SEMESTER

AE 451
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN I

Instructor: Prof. Dr. D. Funda Kurtulus (Room: 101)

Course Hours: Thursday 13:40-16:30 AE-AUD; Friday 13:40-16:30 AE-AUD
Description:
Conceptual design of aircraft. Aircraft sizing. Airfoil and geometry selection. Thrust to weight
ratio and wing loading. Configuration layout. Propulsion and fuel system integration. Landing
gear and subsystems. Weights and balance. Stability, control and handling qualities.
Performance and flight mechanics. Cost analysis.
Textbook:
Raymer D.P., "Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach", 4th Edition AIAA Education
Series, 2006

Reference Books:
1. Anderson J.D., "Aircraft Performance and Design," McGraw-Hill, 1999.
2. Anderson J.D., "Introduction to Flight," McGraw-Hill, 1989.
3. Austin, R., “Unmanned Aircraft Systems, UAV Design, Development and
Deployment, Wiley, 2010.
4. Carichner G. E., Nicolai L.M., Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design- Volume
II Airship Design and Case Studies, AIAA Education Series, 2010.
5. Howe, D. Aircraft Conceptual Design Synthesis, Professional Engineering Publishing,
2000.
6. Jackson P, Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 2004-2005.
7. Jeckinson L. R., Marchman III J. F., Aircraft Design Projects for engineering Students,
Butterworth Heinemann, 2003ç
8. Kundu A. K., Aircraft Design, Cambridge Aerospace Series, 2010.
9. Küchemann, D. The Aerodynamic Design of Aircraft, AIAA Education Series, 2012.
10. Nicolai L.M., Carichner G. E., Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design- Volume
I Aircraft Design, AIAA Education Series, 2010.
11. Roskam J., "Airplane Design", Darcorporation, 1989.
12. Roskam J., Chuan-Tau E.L., "Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance",
Darcorporation, 1997.
13. Simons, M., Model Aircraft Aerodynamics, Argus Books, 1994.
14. Torenbeek E., “Advanced Aircraft Design,” Wiley, 2013.

Grading:
5-6 Studies 45%
Final Report (including a CD/DVD with all drawings, word, excel, matlab files etc.) 15%
Midterm I (26 November 2018 Monday @17:40-closed book and notes) 20%
Final Exam (closed book and notes) 20%

Attendance to the class is HIGHLY recommended.

Course Outline:
1. Introduction to airplane design
2. Requirements
3. Weight Estimations
Empty weight, fuel weight, maximum gross weight
4. Critical performance parameters
Maximum lift coefficient, wing loading, thrust to weight ratio.
5. Configuration layout
Overall configuration, wing configuration, fuselage configuration, center of gravity location,
tail sizing, propeller size, landing gear, etc.
6. Propulsion and fuel system integration
7. Performance Analysis
Power required and power available, rate of climb, range, stalling speed, landing distance,
take-off distance
8. Stability, control and handling qualities
Static longitudinal stability, static lateral and directional stability, dynamic stability, handling
qualities.
9. Cost analysis

Course policies:
Make-ups:
 Make-up exams will be given if you were ill at the date of the exam and you provide a
doctor's report from medical center of METU. You should give the original medical
report to the Secretariat of the Aerospace Engineering Department. A photocopy
of the medical report should be given to Dr. Kurtulus maximum 1 week after the exam.
Otherwise, there will be a loss of points from the exam grade due to late information.
 The only other excuse to enter make-up exam is to have a second exam of another
course that you are taking from METU at the time of the AE 451 exam. In this case,
you should bring a Petition Letter signed by the instructor of this second course.
 Only one make-up exam will be given after the final exam and the make-up exam will
cover all the topics.
Study Assignments and Final Report
 Please fix your groups and your projects until 19 October 2018. The groups should be
composed of maximum 4 students.
 Please use “Study_assignment_template.docx” in the course website to write your studies
and final reports.
 Study assignments are to be submitted on due date. Late submissions will not be accepted.
 Your work must be original. Duplications from past years or cheating will result in a 0 for
your project grades. Both teams who gave their project and who cheat will get 0 grade.
 You should show the reason why you are using any parameter in the calculations by giving
the graph, table or reference. You should always give reference to the documents you are
using.
 You should save all your calculations for each study and final report (excel sheets,
drawings, reports in Word format) in a CD/DVD and submit with your final report. Each
study should be in a separate FOLDER in the CD/DVD. Final reports without CD/DVD
will not be graded.

Academic Honesty:
The METU Honour Code is as follows: "Every member of METU community adopts the
following honour code as one of the core principles of academic life and strives to develop an
academic environment where continuous adherence to this code is promoted. The members of
the METU community are reliable, responsible and honourable people who embrace only the
success and recognition they deserve, and act with integrity in their use, evaluation and
presentation of facts, data and documents."