Sport Aircraft Design Trends: Shaping the Future of General Aviation

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen K. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Aircraft Design ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
The Future

Building the future aircraft design for the next century

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Szrodruch ◽  
Reinhard. Hilbig
Keyword(s):  
Aircraft Design ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals THE FUTURE OF PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORT – VERY LARGE AIRCRAFT AND OUT KEY HUMAN FACTORS AFFECTING THE OPERATION AND SAFETY OF PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORT

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Petra Skolilova
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Aircraft Design ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Fuel Burn ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

The article outlines some human factors affecting the operation and safety of passenger air transport given the massive increase in the use of the VLA. Decrease of the impact of the CO2 world emissions is one of the key goals for the new aircraft design. The main wave is going to reduce the burned fuel. Therefore, the eco-efficiency engines combined with reasonable economic operation of the aircraft are very important from an aviation perspective. The prediction for the year 2030 says that about 90% of people, which will use long-haul flights to fly between big cities. So, the A380 was designed exactly for this time period, with a focus on the right capacity, right operating cost and right fuel burn per seat. There is no aircraft today with better fuel burn combined with eco-efficiency per seat, than the A380. The very large aircrafts (VLAs) are the future of the commercial passenger aviation. Operating cost versus safety or CO2 emissions versus increasing automation inside the new generation aircraft. Almost 80% of the world aircraft accidents are caused by human error based on wrong action, reaction or final decision of pilots, the catastrophic failures of aircraft systems, or air traffic control errors are not so frequent. So, we are at the beginning of a new age in passenger aviation and the role of the human factor is more important than ever.

Advancements in a Web-Based Framework in Product Family Optimization and Visualization

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Mulberger ◽  
Timothy W. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Product Family ◽  
Aircraft Design ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Product Platforms ◽  
Number Of Customers

Today’s market is becoming increasingly more competitive as companies strive to achieve success by reaching a large number of customers in a mass market while simultaneously treating them as individuals in a customized market. Many companies have begun to appreciate the benefits of using product platforms as they increase the customizability of their offered products, while reducing development costs and time to market. However, product variety is not customization; it is simply an attempt on the part of a company to meet the individual needs of their customers by flooding the market with many variations of the same product. With recent innovations in the field of information technology, web-based product development methodologies provide the capability for advanced customer involvement during the design process, which is a crucial aspect of differentiating customization from variety. Current approaches have provided web-based frameworks where users are offered a limited amount of control in the design process by assembling different configurations of given modules or by choosing a product already available in the company database. The focus in this paper is on advancements to a web-based framework where design parameters are collected from the user by means of a web-based browser interface, optimization is completed using the specified parameters, and a 3D visual representation is dynamically provided based on the results from the optimization. This proposed framework is illustrated using an example from ongoing research involving General Aviation Aircraft design.

ACS-100 SORA and its technological innovations: into the future general aviation scenario

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Zaramella ◽  
Rafael Marcondes Prado ◽  
Conrado Luiz Santiago Almeida
Keyword(s):  
General Aviation ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Didactical Tool for Wing Weight Estimation in a Preliminary Aircraft Design Stage

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Giacomo Frulla
Keyword(s):  
Aircraft Design ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Weight Estimation ◽  
Simple Assumption ◽  
Weight Variation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Preliminary Design Stage ◽  
Straight Wing

Aircraft preliminary design requires a lot of complex evaluations and assumptions related to design variables that are not completely known at a very initial stage. Didactical activity becomes unclear since students ask for precise values in the starting point. A tentative in providing a simple tool for wing weight estimation is presented for overcoming these common difficulties and explaining the following points: a) the intrinsic iterative nature of the preliminary design stage, b) provide useful and realistic calculation for the wing weight with very simple assumption not covered by cumbersome calculations and formulas. The purpose of the paper is to provide a didactic tool to facilitate the understanding of some steps in estimating wing weight at the preliminary design level. The problems of identifying the main variables for the initial estimation is dealt with and specifi aspects that are usually hidden by the complexity of the involved disciplines and by the usual calculation methods applied in structural design are pointed out. The procedure is addressed to highlight main steps in wing weight estimation for straight wing weight to highlight the main steps in estimating the wing weight for a general aviation straight wing aircraft at the preliminary design stage. The effect of the main variables on the wing weight variation is also presented confirming well-known results from literature and design manuals.

scholarly journals The concept of airport operation in Gdynia in the context of optimization of solutions for the development of air transport in the Pomerania region

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 257-269
Author(s):  
Marcin Żurawiecki
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
General Aviation ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Optimal Development ◽  
City Area ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
Effective Use

The article covers issues related to the availability and use of terrestrial ground infrastructure existing in the Tri-City area. Its main purpose is to present and recommend functional solutions that will enable optimal development of air transport in the Pomeranian region. Such a solution would be a described model based on two complementary airports of public use. Thanks to this, the demand for air traffic from commercial users as well as non-commercial users in the area of general aviation will be better met. One of the basic assumptions for the presented solution is the complementarity, and effective use of existing resources and capabilities now and in the future. The whole is based on historical and current quantitative data and forecasts for the development of air traffic.

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