delft aerospace design projects 2006

268 Pages·2007·4.17 MB·English

DELFT AEROSPACE

DESIGN PROJECTS 2006

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ELFT EROSPACE
DESIGN PROJECTS 2006

Design in aeronautics, astronautics,
earth observation and related areas

Editor:
Joris Melkert

Co-ordinating committee:
Coordinating committee:
Vincent Brügemann, Harald van Brummelen, Peter Joosten
Joris Melkert, Gillian Saunders-Smits,
Barry Zandbergen

B.V. Uitgeversbedrijf Het Goede Boek, Huizen / 2006
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ISBN-10: 90 240 6004 4
ISBN-13: 978 90 240 6004 7

© 2006 - Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE 1

1. THE DESIGN SYNTHESIS EXERCISE 3
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Objective 3
1.3 Characteristics of the exercise 4
1.4 Organization and structure of the exercise 5
1.5 Facilities 5
1.6 Course load 6
1.7 Support and assistance 6
1.8 General topics 7
1.9 Design projects 2006 8
1.10 International design exercise 9
1.11 The design exercise symposium 10

2. REDESIGN OF A LARGE FREIGHTER FUSELAGE SECTION 13
2.1 Introduction 13
2.2 Concepts studied 14
2.3 Trade-off 17
2.4 Detailed design description 19
2.5 Conclusions and recommendations 21

3. FLOATING SOLAR CHIMNEY 23
3.1 Introduction 23
3.2 Working principle solar chimney 25
3.3 Mission statement 26
3.4 Project requirements and constraints 27
3.5 Concept studies and trade-offs 27
3.6 Selected concept design 30
3.7 Business plan 34
3.8 Conclusions and recommendations 35
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4. UNMANNED AIRBORNE GRAVIMETRIC SURVEYING OF
THE OCEANS 37
4.1 Introduction 37
4.2 Mission objective 38
4.3 Top-level requirements and mission need statement 38
4.4 Concepts study and trade-off 39
4.5 Detailed design 44
4.6 Conclusion and further development 48

5. SENSOR NETWORKS FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING 49
5.1 Introduction 49
5.2 Mission need statement and requirements 50
5.3 Concepts 51
5.4 Trade-off 53
5.5 Detailed design of the airship 54
5.6 Costs 59
5.7 Image processing 59
5.8 Conclusions 60
5.9 Recommendations 61

6. MICRO-SATELLITE FOR STEREO IMAGING LASER
ALTIMETRY (MISILAT) 63
6.1 Introduction 63
6.2 Mission objective 64
6.3 Requirements and constraints 64
6.4 Concept exploration 65
6.5 Mission design 68
6.6 Satellite design 70
6.7 Conclusions and recommendations 72

7. SAILTUG 75
7.1 Objectives and requirements 75
7.2 Selection of most feasible concept 76
7.3 Preliminary design of Laddermill-powered SailTUG 80
7.4 Conclusions 85
7.5 Recommendations 85

8. DESIGN OF A HUMAN POWERED HELICOPTER 87
8.1 Subject 87
8.2 Concept exploration 88
8.3 Rotor dimensioning 90
8.4 Supporting structure 90
8.5 Design of the rotor construction 92
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8.6 Transmission 93
8.7 Stability and control 94
8.8 Conclusion 96
8.9 Recommendations 97

9. GRAVITATIONAL TRACTOR FOR TOWING ASTEROIDS 99
9.1 Mission description 99
9.2 Concepts studied and related trade-offs 102
9.3 Details of selected concept 104
9.4 Conclusions and recommendations 107

10. SPACE FOR WIND 109
10.1 Introduction 109
10.2 Key requirements and constraints 110
10.3 Concepts 111
10.4 Trade-off 113
10.5 Details of the Giant Ducted Turbine 113
10.6 ModuLab 117
10.7 Conclusions and recommendations 118

11. SKYRAFT: EMERGENCY ESCAPE SYSTEM FOR HIGH-RISE
BUILDINGS 121
11.1 Introduction 121
11.2 Requirements and constraints 122
11.3 Concepts and trade-off 123
11.4 Design of the SkyRaft 126
11.5 Conclusions and recommendations 130

12. ENVISENSE: DESIGN OF A CO-MEASURING
2
MAV SWARM 133
12.1 Project description 134
12.2 Conceptual design 136
12.3 Trade-off 138
12.4 Detailed design 138
12.5 Conclusion and recommendation 141

13. FASTCAT: THE FUTURE OF HIGH SPEED COMMERCIAL
AIR TRAVEL 143
13.1 Introduction 143
13.2 Mission statement 144
13.3 A view on the market 145
13.4 Literature study 146
13.5 Scenarios and strategies 146
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13.6 Concept for 2025: SwingCAT 147
13.7 Concept for 2045: Obli-X 149
13.8 Concept for 2065: HyperCAT 150
13.9 Conclusion and recommendations 151

14. SPACE-BORNE TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM 155
14.1 Mission need and relevance 155
14.2 Total system requirements 156
14.3 STWS design concept analysis and trade-off 157
14.4 The demonstrator satellite 161
14.5 Conclusions and recommendations 165

15. SURYA – REUSABLE SHUTTLE FOR LOW ORBIT
SPACE FLIGHT 167
15.1 Introduction 167
15.2 Mission statement 168
15.3 Requirements 168
15.4 Concept exploration 169
15.5 Trade-off 171
15.6 Detailed design 172
15.7 Conclusions 176
15.8 Recommendations 177

16. SOLAR TURBINE POWER STATION 179
16.1 Introduction 179
16.2 Project objective and requirements 180
16.3 Working principle of a STPS 180
16.4 Concept selection 182
16.5 Design overview 183
16.6 Conclusions and recommendations 187

17. TWINFINITY 191
17.1 Introduction 191
17.2 Mission objective 192
17.3 Design requirements and constraints 192
17.4 Concept study 194
17.5 Final design 196
17.6 3-View drawing 201
17.7 Conclusions and recommendations 202

18. VERTUGO, DESIGN OF A HUMAN POWERED HELICOPTER
203
18.1 Introduction 203
18.2 Conceptual designs 204
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18.3 Trade-off 206
18.4 Final design 207
18.5 Performance of VerTUgo 211
18.6 Costs 212
18.7 Conclusion 212

19. DESIGN OF AN EMERGENCY ESCAPE POD 213
19.1 Introduction 213
19.2 Concept study 214
19.3 Description of an evacuation procedure 216
19.4 Technical specification 219
19.5 Conclusions and recommendations 223

20. DESIGN OF A FLEXIBLE AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED
AERIAL VEHICLE 225
20.1 Introduction 225
20.2 Design specification or list of requirements 226
20.3 Conceptual design 226
20.4 Trade-off 228
20.5 Detailed design 229
20.6 Conclusion 234

21. THE FUTURE OF HIGH SPEED COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL 237
21.1 Introduction 237
21.2 Mission statement 238
21.3 Company ‘Beyond Mach’ 238
21.4 Market study 238
21.5 Design requirements 239
21.6 Available technologies 239
21.7 Concept development and selection 240
21.8 Family of products 243
21.9 Detailed design 244
21.10 Conclusion 245

22. INTERCEPTOR UAV ‘HYPERION’ 247
22.1 Introduction 247
22.2 Requirements 248
22.3 Concept study 249
22.4 Supersonic dilemma 251
22.5 The Hyperion design 252
22.6 Layout and systems 253
22.7 Performance 256
22.8 Operational concepts 256
22.9 Conclusion and recommendations 257
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