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AA294: Case Studies of Aircraft Design (Spring 2010/2011)

Summary

Seminar series on aircraft design by researchers and industry professionals. AA294 is a unique graduate level seminar course that aims to give students a practical perspective on aircraft design from the practitioners and experts in the field. The presentations take the form of technically rigorous briefings and program reviews on real-world projects and historically significant aircraft. Past speakers have come from large aerospace companies like Boeing, Airbus, Northrop Grumman, Embraer and General Atomics to smaller startups and consulting firms like ICON, Swift Engineering and AeroVironment. The seminar has also drawn extensively from the academic and aviation enthusiast communities to provide a truly diverse perspective on aircraft design and engineering.

Available Lectures:

Lecture 002 [April 06 2011]
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An informal history of the progression Paul MacCready's airplanes from the Gossamer Condor human-powered airplanes to the high-flying Solar Challenger solar powered airplane. This history is from the...

Lecture 003 [April 13 2011]
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Makani Power is developing Airborne Wind Turbines (AWTs), which offer an extremely low mass, high capacity factor alternative conventional wind turbines. However, the large decrease in mass, material,...

Lecture 004 [April 20 2011]
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UAVs have a record of note for Disappointing the civil promotor. What has always been lost? A great need for low cost! A solution, perhaps, is Flexrotor.

Lecture 005 [April 27 2011]
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The Boeing 787 is a breakthrough development in Commercial Aviation. In flight test today, with initial deliveries planned for later this year, the airplane is at the cutting edge of 21st century Aerospace...

Lecture 006 [May 04 2011]
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AeroVironment’s ‘Nano Hummingbird’ is the first flapping wing micro air vehicle to demonstrate controlled precision hovering and fast forward flight using only two flapping wings for propulsion and...

Lecture 007 [May 11 2011]
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It's often said "if it looks good, it will fly good". Most would agree that this is an overstatement. Yet most people also believe this is mainly true. In this lecture we'll look at a parade of beautiful...

Lecture 008 [May 18 2011]
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NASA’s Vehicle Sketch Pad (VSP) is a parametric geometry tool which presents the opportunity to dramatically change the way design is performed. Planned research will result in a geometry engine and...

Lecture 009 [May 25 2011]
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The Transport Aircraft System OPTimization (TASOPT) method for the global optimization of transport aircraft for minimum fuel burn will be presented. The method is based on low-order physical and computational...

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