Bi-annual Newsletter of the

AIAA Aircraft Design

Technical Committee

AeroDesign News Aircraft Design

Award

The Aircraft Design

Award was established

in 1968 and is present-

ed to an individual or

team for an original con-

cept or career contribu-

tions leading to a signifi-

cant advancement in

aircraft design or design

technology. This annual

award is presented at

the AIAA Aviation and

Aeronautics Forum

(AVIATION).

The Aircraft Design Technical Committee

The mission of the Aircraft Design Tech-

nical committee is to promote the disci-

pline of aircraft design to ensure this

unique and valuable capability remains a

viable and relevant element of the aero-

space field.

The committee is composed of aircraft de-

sign experts from academia, industry and

government who share a vision of communi-

cating the excitement inherent to aircraft

design to new generations of students,

leaders, and stakeholders while maintaining

a point of connection between the diverse

elements of the aircraft design community.

The technical activities of the committee are

to provide a platform where new aircraft

concepts, innovative aircraft technologies,

and unconventional design methods can be

brought to the fore. Technical development

functions include a strong presence in the

AVIATION and SCITECH forums with multi-

ple technical paper sessions and technical

exchange events such as meetings of the

Conceptual Aircraft Design Working Group

21 (CADWG21).

The committee also supports AIAA publica-

tions with an aircraft design article for Aero-

space America’s year-in-review issue, and

supporting the Journal of Aircraft with an

associate editor, reviewers, and numerous

authors. The committee recognizes individu-

als or aircraft programs with the prestigious

AIAA Aircraft Design Award for valuable

contributions to the field. In addition, the

best aircraft design paper award is awarded

on an annual basis to the best paper on the

subject presented at an AIAA conference.

The committee’s is actively engaged in the

development of future aircraft designers and

directly supports the Design-Build-Fly com-

petition, the AIAA Aircraft Design competi-

tions, and engagement with young profes-

sionals and K-12 students.

Message from the Chair

Welcome to the very first issue of AeroDesign

News, the bi-annual newsletter of the AIAA Aircraft

Design Technical Committee. I started my term as

chairperson of the Aircraft Design Technical Commit-

tee in May 2014, having served previously as associ-

ate member, secretary, and vice-chair. In my new role I

have the privilege to lead the technical committee in its

many functions of service to the Institute and to the

aircraft design community as a whole. The aircraft

design technical committee has a long and rich history

of service in the AIAA, and remains very active in mul-

tiple fronts, including technical conferences, student

competitions, publications, awards and recognition,

and outreach.

One of the primary goals I have set for my term as

chairperson is to draw attention to aircraft design as a

fundamental discipline in aeronautics alongside classi-

cal areas like aerodynamics, structures, controls, and

propulsion. In that vein I also hope to increase aware-

ness of Aircraft Design Technical Committee efforts

and generate opportunities for collaboration with other

committees. AeroDesign News is envisioned as a

prime mechanism to achieve these goals.

Over the last few years the Institute has observed

significant changes as it responds to challenges and

new developments in the technological, political, and

economic climate. As we begin 2015 the Aircraft De-

sign Technical Committee is posed to continue serving

in support of the Institute’s mission. We will once again

have a strong presence in SCITECH 2015 and AVIA-

TION 2015 under the institute’s new event model for

technical conferences, and are currently working to

formalize an AIAA best paper award on aircraft design.

The 2014-2015 student aircraft design competitions

are underway with design RFPs proposed by our

members, and we are now looking forward to the sub-

mission of creative and exciting designs. In our efforts

to remain relevant to new generations of aircraft de-

signers we have exciting new plans to engage with

young professionals. The Aircraft Design Technical

Committee is looking forward to an exciting year 2015!

Hernando Jimenez, chair ADTC

this issue

Message from the Chair P.1

ADTC Presence on Conferences P.2

Student Design Competitions P.3

Aircraft Design Award P.4

J a n 2 0 1 5 V o l . 1 I S S U E 1

AeroDesign News Vol. 1 Issue 1

The 2014 award winner is the Boeing 787 Dream-

liner Team. The award citation reads:

"For the conception, design, and development of

the Boeing 787 Dreamliner leading to substantial

airliner performance improvements and significant

advances in aircraft design and technology.”

2014 Aircraft Design Award - the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Team

The award was presented at the AVIATION

2014 Award Luncheon to Mr. Michael Sinnett,

Vice President of Product Development for

Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Mr. Sinnett

previously served in the 787 program as chief

systems engineer for the Sonic Cruiser, sys-

tems team leader for the 7E7, chief engineer

for systems, and vice president / chief project

engineering.

Cirrus SF50 C1, First flight, see page P.4

P.4

https://info.aiaa.org/tac/AASG/ACDTC

Email: r.vos@tudelft.nl

AIAA ADTC

Airc raf t Des ign Technical Com-

mi t tee

First Flight: Cirrus Vision SF50

Economic range 540 NM

Payload Five adults and two chil-

dren

Empty weight 3,700 lb

Max cruise speed 300 kTAS

First flight (of con-

forming prototype) 03/25/2014

Specifications*

The Cirrus Vision SF50 is single-engine 7-seat very-

light jet. It is the first jet-powered aircraft built by Cir-

rus. Although the first prototype flew in 2008, modifi-

cations were made before the aerodynamic design

was frozen in 2010. The first conformal prototype flew

in the beginning of 2014. Similar to other Cirrus air-

craft, the SF50 features a parachute system that de-

ploys in case of emergency. First deliveries are

planned for late 2015.

Overview

*source: wikpedia.org. and cirrusaircraft.com

First Flight Every edition of Aer-

oNews puts the spot-

light on an aircraft that

has (almost) completed

its design cycle. The

featured aircraft has

made its first flight

somewhere in the past

twelve month and there-

by mark the current

industry state of the art

in aircraft design.

The aircraft design technical committee participated at the AVI-

ATION 2014 forum in Atlanta GA, June 16-20, carrying out 12

technical paper sessions for which 49 papers have been pub-

lished in conference proceedings:

10-ACD-1 Aircraft Design Methods and Tools I

43-ACD-2 Aircraft Design Methods and Tools II

44-ACD-3 Methods for Analysis and Design under Uncertainty,

84-ACD-4 Structural Analysis, Design, and Optimization of

Aircraft

117-ACD-5 Aircraft Performance and Design Studies

118-ACD-6 Hybrid Wing Body Design Case Studies

160-ACD-7 Stability and Control Considerations in Aircraft

Design

197-ACD-8 Unmanned Aircraft Design Studies and Methods,

198-ACD-9 Design of Morphing Wings Concepts

243-ACD-10 Aerodynamic Aircraft Design

276-ACD-11 Aircraft Integration of Innovative Propulsion Con-

cepts

277-ACD-12 Aircraft Subsystems Design and Integration

CADWG21

Conceptual Aircraft Design

Working Group 21 (CADWG21)

The CADWG21 is an integral

component of the aircraft design

technical committee whose pur-

pose is to provide a forum for the

exchange of aircraft conceptual

design information with the intent

of identifying, needs and com-

mon areas of interest of the

community, and facilitating col-

laborative efforts to advance the

state of the art.

The CADWG meets regularly

during the AVIATION and

SCITECH forums, and features

guest speakers and open discus-

sions. CADWG21 participation

and attendance to its meetings is

open to all interested parties, and

limited only by meeting space

constraints.

At Aviation 2014, the following

speakers gave a presentation at

the CADWG meeting:

Casey Burley, NASA Lang-

ley Flight Acoustics Branch:

ANOPP2

Neil S. Hall and Scott Zink,

Lockheed Martin Aero-

nautics Company: ESAVE

MDO Process Development

Jason Welstead, NASA

Langley: Redesign of

FLOPS

For updates and notification on

upcoming meetings follow the

CADWG21 Linked-In group.

CADWG21 Leads: Tim

Takahashi and Willem Anemaat.

Student Aircraft Design Competitions

DBF 2014

Design-Build-Fly 2014

The 2013-2014 Design-Build-

Fly competition was supported

by the AIAA foundation, Cessna

Aircraft Company, Raytheon

Missile Systems, the Applied

Aerodynamics Technical Com-

mittee, the Aircraft Design

Technical Committee, the De-

sign Engineering Technical

Committee, and the Flight Test

Technical Committee.

The design requirements and

mission are for a backcountry

rough field bush plane, with no

size limitations, 1.5lb battery

pack, and take off in 40 ft. It

included missions for rough

field taxi, ferry scored by speed,

cargo scored by payload

blocks, and emergency medical

scored time. The overall score

also includes the written report

and aircraft weight. There were

100 team entries, with 80 sub-

mitted reports, 71 attending

teams to the fly-off, and 49

teams achieving scoring flights.

Top places were won by the

University of Southern Califor-

nia (1st), University of California

Irvine (2nd), and San Jose

State University (3rd). Top

paper score was achieved by

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Visit

the Design-Build-Fly 2014 page

at http://www.aiaadbf.org/

The 2013/2014 Aircraft Design Com-

petitions featured the following de-

sign topics and school participation

for its three categories:

Undergraduate Individual: Ad-

vanced Pilot Training Aircraft, 5

entries

Undergraduate Team: Turbo-

prop-Powered Passenger Air-

craft, 23 entries from 14 schools

Graduate Team: Supersonic

Multi-Utility Technology Test-

bed, 3 entries

Team Undergraduate

1. KU Jayhawk Economic Turbo-

prop Transport

2. Cal Poly SLO ERA Aeolus

3. Tie between Cal Poly SLO ETA

Aviation and KU Dragonfly

Team Graduate

1. TU Delft SMART

2. KU Delta Spike

3. GA Tech Peterodyne MASTER

Individual Undergraduate

1. TU Delft Adv Transonic Trainer

2. KU Spica Nox Jet Trainer

3. KU Pegasus Jet Trainer

All first place winners have been invited

to present their design at SCITECH

2015 in one of the Aircraft Design tech-

nical paper sessions.

Topics for the 2014-2015 Aircraft Design

competition are:

Undergraduate Individual: Uninhabit-

ed Long Range Strike Vehicle

Undergraduate Team :Next Genera-

tion Strategic Airlift Military Transport

Graduate Team: VSTOL Air Taxi

The aircraft design technical committee supports the Propul-

sion and Energy forum. For the 2014 event committee mem-

ber David Eames served as Integration Chairman and orga-

nized 5 panel sessions:

A Future with Hybrid Electric Propulsion Systems -

Opportunities and Challenges.

Assuring Critical System Behavior in an Era of Increas-

ing Complexity and Change

Educating the Next Generation of Propulsion Engineers

- Are changes needed to better prepare the future work-

force?

Implementation and Utilization of Advanced Energy

Concepts within the Department of Defense

Additive Manufacturing : A holistic view- from educa-

tion, design, research and production

Winners of 2014 DesignWinners of 2014 Design--BuildBuild--Fly CompetitionFly Competition

The aircraft design technical committee is participating in the

SCITECH 2015 forum in Kissimmee FL, Jan 5-9 2015, carrying

out 7 technical paper sessions and a CADWG21 Panel:

ACD-01. Aircraft Design Optimization

Tue Jan 6, 9:30 AM—12:30 PM, Naples 3

ACD-02. High Speed Aircraft Design

Wed Jan 7, 9:30 AM—12:30 PM, Tallahassee 2

ACD-03. Aircraft Design Tools

Wed Jan 7, 9:30 AM—12:30 PM, Naples 3

ACD-04. Conceptual Aircraft Design Working Group (CADWG21)

Panel: How much fidelity in conceptual aircraft design?

Thu Jan 8, 9:30 AM—12:30 PM, Naples 3

ACD-05. Propulsion Integration for Aircraft Design

Thu Jan 8, 2:30 PM—5:30 PM, Emerald 8

ACD-06. Aircraft Design Methodology

Thu Jan 8, 2:30 PM—5:30 PM, Osceola Ballroom 3

ACD-07. Transport Aircraft Design

Fri Jan 9, 930 AM—1:00 PM, Osceola Ballroom 3

ACD-08. Aircraft Design Case Studies

Fri Jan 9, 930 AM—1:00 PM, Osceola Ballroom 4

The aircraft design technical committee will participate in the

AVIATION 2015 forum in Dallas, Texas. Approximately 80

extended abstracts have been received under the Vehicle

Systems topic.

Aircraft design technical paper sessions in AVIATION 2015

will address various highly relevant topics, including:

Aircraft design methods and tools

Design of unconventional aircraft configurations

Aircraft subsystems, integration, and architectures (e.g.

hybrid/electric aircraft)

Disciplinary considerations in aircraft design

(aerodynamics, structures, stability and control, propulsion,

affordability, operations, manufacturing, safety, etc.)

Aircraft design for environmental impact reduction

Unmanned aircraft design including micro air vehicles

General Aviation

First place winners of the 2012-2013 AIAA aircraft design competitions at the Aircraft Design Technical Committee meeting

during SCITECH 2014. From left to right: Prof. Robert McDonald (advisor) and Trevor Goehring from California Polytechnic

State University, Prof. Roelof Vos (advisor) and Raphael Klein from TU Delft University of Technology, Prof. Ron Barrett and

Samantha Schueler from University of Kansas, Prof. William Crossley (past TC Chair).

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