26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P1.5

AN UPDATING PROGRAM FOR UNDERGRADUATE AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN COURSE

H. Liu, Z. Wu
Beihang Univ., China

Keywords: design education; aircraft design; conceptual design; course project

To improve an aircraft design course that faces such problems as large-scale class, limited class hours and students with different majors, an updating program has been developed. Presented are the philosophy, arrangements, application of design codes, and concepts accomplished by student design teams. The lessons and solutions are also discussed.

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