Aircraft Structural Design Challenges for the Next Generation Concept to Disposal Tuesday 14 Thursday 16 October 2008

The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool, UK European Capital of Culture 2008

Synopsis
This joint RAeS/CEAS Aircraft Structural Design Conference will be held in Liverpool (the home of the Beatles) at dates that coincide with the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight in the UK. It will address the challenges facing the designers of the next generation civil aircraft that will be complex and have to operate under strict environmental rules in an ever increasing market.
The scope of the conference is such that it will seek contributions that cover all current research and thinking about the type of civil aircraft structures, including innovative forms, required to sustain a growing, but threatened, industrial sector. Additionally it will cover the challenges that emerge from complete life-cycle consideration of an aircraft from initial concept to final disposal. The question of disposal is a particular challenge for modern designs involving the extensive use of composite materials. In addition to examining structural concepts the conference will address design methods and methodologies, together with computational methods to support the creation of these aircraft. Contributions in this area will need to cover a broad range of research topics that match the current and future needs of the industry. Complex designs of the type normally considered in the innovative design category require interdisciplinary and dynamically interactive design methods as no single discipline can be taken in isolation. Todays design teams are multinational, being distributed across continents, or the globe, and the computational methods must be able to support distributed working. The control of complexity is, therefore, a major issue that the conference wishes to address.

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3 Day Programme
Aircraft Structural Design
DAY 1 Tuesday 14 October 2008
08:00 08.30 Registration and Coffee Opening Remarks Dr Malcolm Nash, Capability Leader - Structures Design, QinetiQ, UK Prof Jonathan Cooper, Aerostructures and Aeroelasticity, University of Liverpool, UK Keynote Address: Potential Improvements of the Existing Configuration and Opportunities for New Configurations Prof Ian Poll, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield Aerospace, UK

Session 2: New Configurations 2

Chairman: Prof.dr.ir. Michel van Tooren, Director of the Delft Centre for Engineering Design, Delft University of Technology 13.50 Keynote Address Dr Jocelyn Gaudin, Structure Analysis R&T Manager, Airbus, France (7) Flight Structures Fundamentals Basic Research Trends and Directions Prof Victor Giurgiutiu, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA (8) Structural Design Aspects when Optimising High Efficiency Rudders for Transport Aircraft Fuel Burn Reduction ir. Paul. Arendsen, Head of Structures Testing and Evaluation, National Aerospace Laboratory, The Netherlands (9) Designing Large High Speed Civil Aviation Transport Aircraft: Structural Configuration for the Future Billy Okal, Undergraduate Student, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya Tea and Networking Break (10) Aerodynamically Efficient Configurations - Joined Wings & Oblique Flying Wings Dr Raj Nangia, Consultant, Nangia Aero Research, UK (11) Thermoplastic Composite Butt-Joints Arnt Offringa, Director R&D, Stork Fokker AESP B.V., The Netherlands (12) Aircraft Structural Design of Composite Panels with Buckling Requirements Prof Chiara Bisagni, Associate Professor in Aerospace Structures, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Discussion Close of Day One

08.45

14.40

Session 1: New Configurations 1

Chairman: Prof Karen Wilcox, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics MIT, Cambridge, USA 09.35 (1) Carbon Fibre Jet Planes: Lighter, Faster, Greener Prof Constantinos Soutis, Head of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK (2) Blended Wing Body Structural Concept Development Alex Velicki, Principal Design Engineer, The Boeing Company, USA (3) Design and Analysis of BWB Passenger Jets Centre-Body Structure Sung Hwan Cho, Doctoral Candidate, RMIT University, Australia Coffee and Networking Break (4) Requirements for Reduced Cruise Altitude of Transport Aircraft Dr Antonio Filippone, Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK (5) Computer Aided Design and Engineering of Blended Wing Body UAV Structure Dr Wahyu Kuntjoro, Professor, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia (6) Climate Change & Carbon Budgets: Implications for a growing aviation industry Dr Alice Bows, Tyndall Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK Discussion Networking Lunch

15.05

15.30

10.00

15.55 16.25

10.25

10.50 11.15

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17.15

11.40

17.40 18.00

12.05

12.40 12.55

DAY 2 Wednesday 15 October 2008

08.30 09.00 Registration and Coffee Opening Remarks Prof Alan Morris, Structures & Materials Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society, UK Keynote Address: Design Support Systems Based on Multidisciplinary Reduced-Order Models Prof Charbel Farhat, Chair, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Director of Army High Performance Computing Centre, Stanford University, UK

Session 4: Design Tools 2

Chairman: Prof Chiara Bisagni, Associate Professor in Aerospace Structures, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 13.45 Keynote Address Prof Andy Keane, Professor of Computational Engineering, Southampton University, UK (18) Design Tradeoffs for Fibre Composite and Metal Fuselages Using Structural Optimisation Haroon Baluch, Design, Integration & Operations of Aircraft and Rotorcraft (DAR), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (19) Design Support for Metallic Machined Ribs Using Knowledge Based Engineering Techniques Dr Ton van der Laan, Knowledge Engineer, Stork Fokker AESP B.V., The Netherlands Tea and Networking Break (20) Optimisation of Anisotropic Laminated Composite Structures Using A Two-Level Approach Mark Bloomfield, Research Student (PhD), University of Bristol, UK (21) Engineering Data Management Addressing Virtual Aircraft Development Olivier Tabaste, Director, MSC Software, UK (22) Development of Engineering Services to Support Wingbox Feasilisation within a Multi-Agent Task Environment Jochem Berends, Researcher, Agent Based Design Support Systems, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (23) Improving Aircraft Component Design Through Tool Chain Automation Dr Eric Baalbergen, Senior Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratory, The Netherlands Discussion Close of Day

09.05

14.35

Session 3: Design Tools 1

Chairman: Prof Constantinos Soutis, Head of Aerospace Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK 09.55 (13) Aeroelastic Topology Optimisation of Aircraft Structures James Eves, PhD Student, University of Leeds, UK (14) Towards an Integrated Design Optimisation of Large Business Jets Dr Fassi Kafyeke, Director Strategic Technology, Bombardier Aerospace, Canada Coffee and Networking Break (15) Multidisciplinary Approach to Structural Design of Aircraft Composite Structures Dr Vasily Chedrik Head of Division in Static Strength Department, Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI), Russia (16) A Multi-level Optimisation Approach for Wing-Box Weight Prediction in Aircraft Conceptual Design Prof Sergio Ricci, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (17) A Multi-Level Environment to Support Demand Driven Design Joost Schut, PhD Student, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Discussion Networking Lunch 17.10 16.20 15.25 15.55 15.00

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10.45 11.15

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11.40

12.05

12.30 12.45

17.35 18.00

DAY 3 Thursday 16 October 2008

08.30 09.00 Registration and Coffee Opening Remarks Prof Jonathan Cooper, Aerostructures and Aeroelasticity, University of Liverpool, UK Keynote Speaker - TBC

Session 5: Design Tools 3

Chairman: ir Paul Arendsen, Head of Structures Testing and Evaluation, National Aerospace Laboratory, The Netherlands 09.55 (24) Optimisation of Composite Wing Structures for Passive Gust Alleviation Dr Gareth Vio, Research Associate, The University of Liverpool, UK (25) Wing Design Incorporating a Passive Loads Alleviation Device Prof Jonathan Cooper, Aerostructures and Aeroelasticity, University of Liverpool, UK (26) Meeting the Composite Optimisation Challenge Sam Patten, Composites Specialist Altair Engineering Ltd, Royal Leamington Spa, UK Coffee and Networking Break

09.05

10.20

10.45

11.10

Session 6 Parallel Session A Structural Safety

Chairman: Alan Morris, Structures & Materials Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society, UK 11.30 Simulating Damage and Failure in Aircraft Structures Dr Alan Prior, Consultant, Dassault Systmes, UK

Parallel Session B CFRP Applications

Chairman: Jonathan Cooper, Aerostructures and Aeroelasticity, University of Liverpool, UK Uncured Pre-preg Recycling: Identification of Scrap Types and Re-use Methodology for Fibre and Matrix Recovery Mr Carwyn Ward, PhD Student, University of Bristol, UK New Weld Seam Design for Advanced Joining Techniques to Improve Safety and Reduce Structural Weight Abdul Manan, University of Liverpool Department of Engineering, UK Optimum Design of Monolithic Composite Wing Skin Overhangs for Bolted Joint Strengths Dr Vijayakumar Sahadevan, Lead Engineer, Atkins Ltd, UK

Parallel Session C Optimal Solutions

Chairman: Malcolm Nash, Capability Leader - Structures Design, QinetiQ, UK Stochastic Analysis of Multifunctional Plates Manuele Corradi, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Turin Polytechnic

11.55

Design of Composite Wings Including Uncertainties Dirk Dittrich, Research Worker, IWS Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Exact Strip Analysis and Optimum Design of Aerospace Structures Dr David Kennedy, Reader, Cardiff University, UK

12.25

Use of Fibre Based Strain and Acoustic Monitoring in Aerospace Structures for Structural Health Monitoring and Design Validation Damon Roberts, Director Technical Board, Insensys Ltd, UK Virtual Testing of Non-generic Aircraft Components Marco Nawijn, R&D Engineer, National Aerospace Laboratory, The Netherlands

Application of a Knowledge Based Design Methodology to Support Fuselage Panel Design Process Stefan van der Elst, PhD Researcher, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

12.45

A Simple Model to Evaluate Aeroelastic Tailoring of a Wing-box Giacomo Canale, PhD Student & Dr Paul Weaver, Reader in Lightweight Structures, University of Bristol, UK

An Independent Study of Alternative Airliner Configurations George Seyfang, Formerly - Future Concepts Technologist, BAE Systems, UK

13.10 14.00

Networking Lunch End of Conference & Site Visits

Please visit the dedicated Aircraft Structural Design Conference website at www.aerosociety.com/CEASSM08

3 Day Programme
Aircraft Structural Design
Social Programme and Technical Tours
Wednesday 15th October
Conference Dinner at Carnatic House
Set in beautiful private parkland, Carnatic House provides the ideal setting for the conference dinner on the second evening, Wednesday 15th October. As a paying delegate your place at the dinner is included in the price of your ticket. Additional guest tickets can be purchased by completing the booking form attached. Transport has been arranged for all dinner guests. Please inform us if you will be making your own way to and from Carnatic House in advance. Please also indicate any specific dietary requirements.

Thursday 16th October

Airbus, Broughton
The visit is to the Airbus A380 wing production facility at Broughton, near Chester, which is one of the largest manufacturing facilities in the UK and fills the space of 12 football pitches. Each wing stretches 119 (36.3 m) from wing tip to fuselage and has a surface area of 9100 sq ft (845 sq m). We will be able to see all steps of the wing assembly process. 14.00 18.30 Pick up at The Foresight Centre Return to The Foresight Centre

BAE Systems, Salmesbury

The site has developed some of the most advanced aerospace manufacturing and assembly technologies in the world, enabling BAE Systems to deliver in its most recent years advanced air capability on Eurofighter Typhoon, Nimrod MRA4, Goshawk, F-35 Joint Striker Fighter (JSF), and Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). 14.00 19.00 Pick up at The Foresight Centre Return to The Foresight Centre

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