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Tesi etd-05012011-151430


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di laurea specialistica
Autore
VITI, ALBERTO
URN
etd-05012011-151430
Titolo
Structural design of a ULM PrandtlPlane wing system
Dipartimento
INGEGNERIA
Corso di studi
INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE
Relatori
relatore Dott. Cipolla, Vittorio
relatore Prof. Frediani, Aldo
Parole chiave
  • structural
  • ULM
  • Plane
  • Prandtl
Data inizio appello
14/06/2011
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
The task of the thesis is to optimize the wing structure of a non conventional very
light airplane starting from a Prandtl Plane prototype currently in phase of develop-
ment. This treatment is divided in several parts. In the rst part an introduction
about the main features of Prandtl Plane aircrafts is given.
In particular, the rst chapter explain what was the idea which led to this new
solution, its main advantages and the reasons which led to employ this con guration
in the branch of light aviation.
The second part depicts all the features of the prototype, in terms of regulation
observed, structures, materials used to build it, and loads that act on the structure.
The third part aims to the describe the optimization process and how the code used
to implement it works, starting from a previous tool and showing how this process can
be used in order to allows later development of this con guration.
Finally, in the third and last part of this job the results of the optimization pro-
cess will be veri ed through a nite element analysis, in order to allow a comparison
between the prototype and the optimized structure.
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