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5 - Fuselage Design Version 9-Mar-20
5 - Fuselage Design Version 9-Mar-20
5 - Fuselage Design Version 9-Mar-20
By:
R. Vos FPP The Design of the
J.A. Melkert
FPP
B.T.C. Zandbergen SSE
Fuselage
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Conceptual Aircraft Design Process in “Elements I”
Requirements 1
Fuselage design
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Class I weight
estimation
2 Wing design 6
Initial layout
Wing loading,
Propulsion
power loading 6
3 You need:
= geometric
Tail design 7
Configuration compass, ruler,
pencil (+eraser!)
selection
4 = calculator
gear design 7
= ideas
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Contents
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Functions and Design Considerations
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Main functions of the fuselage
The fuselage of an aircraft must…
• Payload requirements
• Aerodynamic considerations
• Structural considerations
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The design of the fuselage: general considerations
For a given payload, larger fuselages provide higher level of comfort, whereas
small fuselages yield lower drag, hence lower consumption and costs.
The fuselage drag represents 20-40% of the zero-lift drag.
For a given fuselage length, a 10% larger fuselage diameter yields a 1.5-
3% increase in total drag
…hence more thrust will be required, hence more fuel, larger wing and
engines, hence heavier structure and so on, with the infamous snowball weight
growth effect!
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The design of the fuselage: payload requirements
Wing crossing
(You will have to make an
estimation of the wing root
chord length!)
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The design of the fuselage: payload requirements
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The design of the fuselage: aerodynamic considerations
Nosecone Tailcone
𝒍𝒇
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The design of the fuselage: aerodynamic considerations
Resultant zero-lift
drag coefficient
Typical single
Typical subsonic
engine Resultant zero-lift
jet transports [0.125 , 0.2]
[0.08 - 0.12]
drag coefficient
(l/d: 5 – 8)
(l/d: 8 – 12)
Typical
supersonic Friction drag contribution
[0.04 , 0.05]
(l/d: 20 – 25)
Piaggio P-180
Image: Mike James
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The design of the fuselage: structural considerations
The structure must be sufficiently strong, rigid and light. It must be durable,
easy to inspect and maintain.
The circular cross section is the most suitable concerning the capability to
carry pressurization loads (tension loading vs bending loading).
The fuselage is not only providing support for empennages (vertical and
horizontal planes), but due to its inherent destabilizing aerodynamic effect
(pitch and yaw moment proportional to the volume), affects directly their size.
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The design of the fuselage: structural considerations
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The design of the fuselage: structural considerations
Examples of wing carry-through structure
Source: D. Raymer
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The design of the fuselage: structural considerations
Examples of wing carry-through structure
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The design of the fuselage: ground handling considerations
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The design of the fuselage: ground handling considerations
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Procedure for Fuselage Layout
and Cockpit Design
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Step 1: List of the payload, crew and operational items
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Step 2: Choose a General Fuselage Shape
1. Cylindrical fuselage
2. Frustum design
3. Tadpole design
Source: Aerokurier
Source: livescience
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Step 3: Design of the Cross Section
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Design of the fuselage cross section
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Design of the fuselage cross section
Why the so common circular shape of the cross section?
• For a more efficient use of material to carry the pressurization loads
(tension vs bending) and minimize structural weight
• To minimize the wetted area surrounding a given volume in order to
minimize friction drag
• To avoid corners because of flow separation even at small angle of attack
or sideslip
Deviations with respect to the circular cross sections configuration are
anyway common. Often they are just necessary.
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Design of the fuselage cross section
Examples of conceptual studies
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Design of the fuselage cross section
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Design of the fuselage cross section
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Design of the fuselage cross section
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Design of the fuselage cross section
Why is the smallest diameter a design objective?
• The fuselage diameter effects wetted area and structural mass
• The combined effect can have a snowballing effect on the OEM and MTOM
• This is shown in the notional examples below
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Examples of non circular fuselage cross sections
Vertical poles or walls to sustain shape under pressurization loads
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Examples of non circular fuselage cross sections
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Examples of non circular fuselage cross sections
Source www.aerocondor.fr
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Examples of non circular fuselage cross sections
Canadair 415
Northwestflightschool.com
Cirrusaircraft.com
Cessna 172
Cirrus SR 22
Airliners.net
Long Short
range range
Baggage/passengers (lbs) 40 - 60 40
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sclearance
Design of the Cabin Cross Section wcargo
wpax
2. For small passenger aircraft: sclearance sclearance
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Design of the Cabin Cross Section
CL
haisle
𝑤headroom
𝑤aisle h headroom
𝑠clearance
hshoulder 𝑤 cabin
𝑤seat
floor
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Overhead Storage Design
AOS,ce= cross-sectional area of central overhead storage Boeing 787, nOS,ce = 1, nOS,lat = 2
Average*:
kOS = 0.74
AOS,lat = 0.20 m2
AOS,lce = 0.24 m2
(CC) volume:
Required:
Standard
cargo
container
Souce Jenkinson
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Structural Dimensions
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Structural Dimensions
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Structural Dimensions
Source:newsok.com Source:flightglobal.com
1. Compute dimensions of
𝑤headroom haisle
passenger cabin
2. Draw upper-deck space allocation h headroom
3. Add floor structure depth
4. Draw cargo deck space allocation
𝑤 cabin
5. Identify corner points 𝑤aisle
hshoulder
6. Draw smallest circle(s)* around
corners and measure
𝑤 cargo
7. Compute and draw outer wall h cargo
8. Add cargo floor and overhead bin 𝑨𝒄𝒄
space
h 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
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Design of the Cabin Cross Section
Objective: minimize
perimeter length
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Design of the Cabin Cross Section
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Step 4: Design of Fuselage in Top View
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Design of the fuselage in Top View
Definitions:
Fuselage length
cockpit Tail
𝑑 𝑓 ,𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟
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Source: flightlineaviationmedia.com
Design of the Cabin Floor Plan
Design drivers:
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Design of the Cabin Floor Plan
Source: Corke B757 DC-10
B757 DC-10 53
Galleys and toilets
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Design of the Fuselage in Top View 𝑤 cabin
Example: , in, 𝑙S
,
𝑙 pax =22.7 𝑚
𝑙 𝑐𝑝 =4 𝑚 𝑙 𝑐 =29.5 𝑚 𝑙𝑡 =6.6 𝑚
Observation: Galley
𝑘𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛 Lavatory
Cross aisle
Cockpit length:
Typical for airliners: Tail length ratio:
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Fuselage tail cone: aerodynamic considerations
Source Torenbeek
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Fuselage nose: aerodynamic considerations
Source Kroo
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The design of the fuselage: aerodynamic considerations
Upsweep
Aircraft type lf/d ltc/d
angle (deg)
Source Roskam
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Design of the Fuselage in Top View
Example: ,
𝑙 pax =22.7 𝑚
𝑙 𝑐𝑝 =4 𝑚 𝑙 𝑐 =29.5 𝑚 𝑙𝑡 =6.6 𝑚
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Design of the Fuselage in Top View
𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑥 = 1.08 m (for single aisle)
𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛 = 𝑘
Typical for airliners: 𝑛 𝑆𝐴 𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛 1.17 m (for wide-body aircraft)
Tail cone slenderness ratio
Nose cone slenderness ratio:
𝑙𝑡𝑐 =9.5 𝑚
𝑙𝑛𝑐 =6 𝑚
𝑑 𝑓 =4 𝑚
𝑙 𝑐𝑝 =4 𝑚 𝑙 𝑐 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛=29.5 𝑚 𝑙𝑡 =6.6 𝑚
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Design of the Fuselage in Top View
𝑤 𝑓 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒
𝑙 𝑐𝑝
𝑙 𝑐 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑡
𝑙𝑛𝑐 𝑙𝑡𝑐
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Step 5: Design of Fuselage in Side View
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Design of the Fuselage in Side View
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Sizing of the cockpit around the pilot
Civil transport
aircraft
h 𝑝𝑒
floor
𝑙 𝑓𝑑
Source Roskam
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Sizing of the cockpit around the pilot
cm
𝑙 𝑓𝑑 Source Roskam 65
Cockpit design: pilot’s visibility issues
p v iew
Ma xu
Pilot eye
Upward view angle
(ref. Point)
Horiz. view
W
Ma x
down
in
Grazing view
ds
hi
angle
el
d
(ref. Corke) Over nose angle
in
cl
17
in
Military Transport/
.
Bombers
Military Fighter 11 - 15
General aviation 5 - 10
Tu-144 Concorde
The over nose angle must be calculated based on the ability of the pilot to see
and react to the approach lights at decision height (100 ft) during minimum
weather conditions.
The higher the approaching speed and attitude angle, the greater the
overnose angle.
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Cockpit design: pilot’s visibility issues
Pilot eye
(ref. Point)
Horiz. view
Military Transport/ 35
Bombers
Military Fighter 40
General aviation 35
Commercial transport 35 68
Cockpit design: pilot’s visibility issues
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Cockpit design: pilot’s visibility issues
Example: Cockpit OML modification of NASA D8 aircraft
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Source: Yutko et al., "Conceptual Design of a D8 Commercial Aircraft", 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2017
Sizing of the flight deck for transport aircraft
4 150 in (3.8m)
3 130 in (3.3m)
2 100 in (2.5m)
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Tail Cone Upsweep
MLG length
and long.
position The smallest tail-cone angle results in minimum drag
Hence, design objective is to minimize upsweep angle
rotation angle
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Number and type of emergency exit
Minimum number and type of emergency exits per
passengers, for each side of the fuselage (CS 25.807)
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Number and type of emergency exit
Decrease in size
Type III Type IV
Pictures from www.Aviation-safety.net
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Dimensions of emergency exit
Type IV exit
Type II exit
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Number and type of emergency exit
Source: theflyingengineer.com
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Number and type of emergency exit
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Number and type of emergency exit
Type I pax. door
Type I service door
Type I pax. door
Type I service door
Type I pax. door
Type I service door
Type I pax. door
Type I service door
Type A emergency exit
Type A emergency exit
cockpit emergency hatch
www.aviation-safety.net
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Fuselage side view design
𝑙𝑛𝑐 𝑙𝑡𝑐
Top View
𝑙 𝑐𝑝
𝑙𝑡
Side View
𝑙 𝑓𝑑
los h 𝑓 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒
h 𝑝𝑒
1. Determine fuselage height from cross section*
2. Copy nose cone and tail cone locations from top view
3. Determine flight deck location
4. Draw cabin and flight deck floor location*
5. Determine location of pilot’s eye and field of view outline and draw it
6. Determine the vertical position of nose and tail
7. Construct crown and belly curves
8. Determine the number and type of passenger doors and draw them to scale
9. Copy doors and windshield design to top view
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Computation of Cargo Compartment area
kCC = proportion of the cabin used for cargo (typical 0.35 - 0.55)
𝑙𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛
𝑙𝐹𝐶𝐶 𝑙 𝐴𝐶𝐶
FCC ACC
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Computation of Cargo Compartment area
𝑅=
1. rad]
h𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑓
, 𝑖𝑛𝑛
𝑒𝑟
3. Check if the cargo volume is large /2
enough, i.e. 𝐴𝑐𝑐
𝑝
Floor strut
>
Cargo floor
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Two seat General Aviation aircraft
Front view Top view
A
1.25 m
3.7 m
1.20 m
A’
Section AA’ A
Side view
1.25 m
8°
1.20 m
A’
1. Design choice on seating arrangement: side-by-side seating with 20-degree back inclination
2. Draw largest cross section with appropriate clearances and structural depths
3. Design choice on tail-cone slenderness ratio and type: 3.0 / tadpole
4. Draw the fuselage perimeter in top view
5. Draw field of view, system space allocation and decide on fuselage upsweep
6. Draw fuselage perimeter in side view
7. Draw window panes and finish front view 84
360-Passenger Transport Jet
input output
number of passengers 360 n_SA 8.54 9
aisles 2 Assume 9 abreast
k_cabin 1.17 m l_cabin 46.8 m
aisle width 51 cm w_cabin 568 cm
w_seat 46 cm d_f,inner 580 cm
w_armrest 4 cm d_f,outer 6.15 m
s_clearance 2 cm
l_cockpit 4 m
l_tailcone/d_f,outer 3.5 l_tailcone 21.5 m
l_nosecone/d_f,outer 2 l_nosecone 12.3 m
l_tail/d_f,outer 1.6 l_tail 9.8 m
l_fuselage 60.6 m
fuselage structure 0.232 m
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360-Passenger Transport Jet
Front view
Cockpit Top view
(4 m) Length of the cabin (46.8 m) Tail (9.8 m)
cm
4 pairs of Type A doors (certified up to 440 pax)
LD2 LD2
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Summary of Fuselage Design
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Drawing Tutorial
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