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Project Readiness Package Rev 7/22/11

RIT Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Multidisciplinary Senior Design

Project Readiness Package

Template Revised Jan 2015



Project Title: SAE Aero Aircraft

Project Number:

(assigned by MSD) R15901

Primary Customer:

(provide name, phone

number, and email)

RIT Aero Design Club: President Ken Wilkinson (585-727-7024, [email protected])

Sponsor(s):

(provide name, phone

number, email, and

amount of support)

Preferred Start

Term: Fall/Spring

Faculty Champion:

(provide name and

email)

Dr. Venkataraman [email protected] 585-475-6975

Other Support: As applicable

Project Guide:

(assigned by MSD) Dr. Kolodziej

Marc Protacio 05/16/2015 Prepared By Date

Received By Date

Items marked with a * are required, and items marked with a are preferred if available, but we

can work with the proposer on these.

mailto:[email protected]






PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The SAE Aero Design competition is an event that challenges engineering students in the

United States and internationally through the design, build, and test of an aircraft. While

complying with the rules of the competition specifying design requirements and restrictions, as

well as mission requirements, university teams are tasked with applying engineering principles

and theory in the form of trade-studies to generate a design solution that outperforms other

university teams. Interpersonal skills are also utilized in that a design report and oral presentation

are also required.

There are three classes of competition: The Regular, Advanced, and Micro classes. The

regular class is intended for novices, with the goal being the design and fabrication of an

aircraft that can perform controlled flight and execute the mission requirements,

ultimately while carrying a higher payload than other teams. Additional scoring is also

awarded to teams that can accurately predict the payload that their aircraft can handle.

Although RIT has an Aero Design Club that is supposed to participate in the event, it has

been absent from the competition since 2008. Prior to 2008, RIT has been inconsistent in

participating in the competition annually. This is partly due to the inexperience of the

team, the lack of commitment to the project as students are on coop for parts of the year,

and the lack of funding needed to travel and enter the competition. Therefore, to build

competence within the Aero Design Club, an MSD team is established to design, build,

and test an aircraft conforming to the SAE Aero Rules, with the intent of sharing all

knowledge used and gained while completing the project to the club. Also, the aircraft

fabricated is to perform a flight demonstration to potential sponsors with the hopes of

obtaining the required funding needed for the competition.






DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Customer Needs and Objectives:

*All Customer Requirements are critical as failing to comply with any of these requirements will result in the aircraft being penalized or disqualified from the competition.






Functional Decomposition:






Potential Concepts:






Potential Concepts Continued:

Budget Information:

Best Solution Datum: University of Manitoba 2014 Aircraft






Specifications (or Engineering/Functional Requirements):






- Please visit http://students.sae.org/cds/aerodesign/rules/2014_aero_rules.pdf for a

comprehensive list of rules, requirements, and constraints that must be adhered to while

completing the project.

- Aircraft designed, built, and tested in accordance with SAE Aero Rules

- The aircraft will perform a flight demonstration to potential company sponsors to gain

funding.

- All knowledge used and gained while completing this project is to be shared with the Aero

Design Club.

- Standard $500 for a student-initiated MSD project to purchase materials to build the

aircraft.

Continuation Project Information, if appropriate: N/AProject Resources






Benefits:

- Gives Aero Design Club competence to participate in SAE Aero Design

Competition, which will give RIT recognition in the aeronautics company.

- Not only will the Aero Design Club participate in the competition, but with the

knowledge shared from the MSD team they will be competitive.

- This project allows mechanical engineering students to demonstrate skills they

have learned in the aerospace option from classes including Aerodynamics,

Aerostructures, Flight Dynamics, and Aircraft Fabrication Lab.

Risks:






Required Resources (besides student staffing):

Faculty

Initial/

date

Aerodynamics and Aerostructures Professor

Flight Dynamics Professor ???

Intro to Aerospace Engineering Professor ???

Environment

Initial/

date

Aero Design Club Lab

Equipment

Initial/

date

Basic equipment used for the Aircraft Fabrication Lab class Laser Foam Cutter

Laser Wood Cutter

Materials

Initial/

date

All materials are to be purchased using the $500 budget

Other

Initial/

date

Potential Company Sponsors

Area for Flight Demonstration

Anticipated Staffing By Discipline:

Dept. # Req. Expected Activities

BME

CE

EE

ISE

ME 5 Aerodynamics, Aerostructures, Flight Dynamics, Basic Machining, 3D CAD, FEA, CFD

Other






Skills Checklist:

Scale of importance: o 1- Must have o 2- Helpful, but not essential o 3- Either a very small part of the project, or relates to a bonus feature o Blank- Not applicable to this project

Mechanical Engineering ME Core Knowledge ME Elective Knowledge

1 3D CAD 1 Finite element analysis

2 Matlab programming 3 Heat transfer

1 Basic machining 3 Modeling of electromechanical & fluid systems

1 2D stress analysis 2 Fatigue and static failure criteria

1 2D static/dynamic analysis 2 Machine elements

3 Thermodynamics 1 Aerodynamics

2 Fluid dynamics (CV) 2 Computational fluid dynamics

3 LabView 3 Biomaterials

3 Statistics 2 Vibrations






ME Core Knowledge ME Elective Knowledge

2 Materials selection IC Engines

2 GD&T

Linear Controls

3 Composites

3 Robotics

Other (specify)

3 Other: Combustion Engines

1 Other: DFM

1 Other Aerostructures

2 Other: Propulsions

Electrical Engineering EE Core Knowledge EE Elective Knowledge

3 Circuit Design (AC/DC converters, regulators,

amplifies, analog filter design, FPGA logic design,

sensor bias/support circuitry)

3 Digital filter design and implementation

3 Power systems: selection, analysis, power budget Digital signal processing

3 System analysis: frequency analysis (Fourier,

Laplace), stability, PID controllers, modulation

schemes, VCOs & mixers, ADC selection

3 Microcontroller selection/application

2 Circuit build, test, debug (scope, DMM, function

generator 3

Wireless: communication protocol, component

selection

3 Board layout 3 Antenna selection (simple design)

2 Matlab 3 Communication system front end design

3 PSpice 3 Algorithm design/simulation

3 Programming: C, Assembly 3 Embedded software design/implementation

3 Electromagnetics: shielding, interference Other (specify)

Industrial & Systems Engineering ISE Core Knowledge ISE Elective Knowledge

3 Statistical analysis of data: regression 3 Design of Experiment

2 Materials science 1 Systems design product/process design

1 Materials processing, machining lab 3 Data analysis, data mining

3 Facilities planning: layout, matl handling 1 Manufacturing engineering

3 Production systems design: cycle time, throughput,

assembly line design, manufacturing process

design

3 DFx: manufacturing, assembly, environment,

sustainability

3 Ergonomics: interface of people and equipment

(procedures, training, maintenance) Rapid prototyping

3 Math modeling: OR (linear programming,

simulation) Safety engineering

1 Project management Other (specify)

3 Engineering economy: Return on Investment

3 Quality tools: SPC

1 Production control: scheduling

3 Shop floor IE: methods, time studies

Computer tools: Excel, Access, AutoCAD

3 Programming (C++)

Biomedical Engineering






BME Core Knowledge BME Elective Knowledge

Matlab Medical image processing

Aseptic lab techniques COMSOL software modeling

Gel electrophoresis Medical visualization software

Linear signal analysis and processing Biomaterial testing/evaluation

Fluid mechanics Tissue culture

Biomaterials Advanced microscopy

Labview Microfluidic device fabrication and measurement

Simulation (Simulink) Other (specify)

System physiology

Biosystems process analysis (mass, energy

balance)

Cell culture

Computer-based data acquisition

Probability & statistics

Numerical & statistical analysis

Biomechanics

Design of biomedical devices

Computer Engineering CE Core Knowledge CE Elective Knowledge

3 Digital design (including HDL and FPGA) 3 Networking & network protocols

3 Software for microcontrollers (including Linux

and Windows) 3 Wireless networks

Device programming (Assembly, C) 2

Robotics (guidance, navigation, vision, machine

learning, control)

3 Programming: Python, Java, C++ 3 Concurrent and embedded software

3 Basic analog design 3 Embedded and real-time systems

Scientific computing (including C and Matlab) 3 Digital image processing

3 Signal processing 3 Computer vision

3 Interfacing transducers and actuators to

microcontrollers 3 Network security

Other (specify)

3 Other: Analog Design

Other: Networking and network protocols

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