Grant: Alliance Grants
Queen's University
$60,000.00
Topology and design optimization of lightweight and low-cost aircraft passenger seats
EF 2024-25
Résumé
In Canada, aerospace manufacturing is the greatest research and development investment across all manufacturing industries and makes up nearly 30% of total research and development investments for all manufacturing. It is therefore imperative to develop new design tools and methods to advance aircraft design for future generations of engineers. Canada has set course to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Significant aircraft weight and emissions reductions could be achieved if engineers had design tools enabling the use of multidisciplinary design optimization methods. These weight and emissions reductions would advance both De Havilland Canada (DHC) and Canada towards meeting their emissions goals, as well as advance DHC in integrating new technology into their aircraft to enhance user experience.
Engineers require additional tools for reducing weight of aircraft from a structural, functional, and operational standpoint. The proposed project seeks to optimize the weight and cost of aircraft passenger seats using advanced computational tools and dynamic crash simulation. The proposed project will greatly benefit Canada's presence in the global aerospace industry and provide tools for a new generation of engineers. Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) will gain expertise in the application of finite element analysis and in developing multidisciplinary design optimization methods. DHC will use the new tools and methodologies to develop a new age of aircrafts.
The proposed research involves a two-year partnership between researchers at Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) and aerospace experts at DHC (Toronto, Ontario). This partnership will allow new methodologies to be developed and implemented for designing four lightweight aircraft seats with a focus on weight and cost optimization. Queen's will be responsible for the development of new optimization methodologies and applying them to weight and cost optimization problems. The project will support 1 PhD student and 2 MASc students, for 2 years.
Programme
Alliance Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
586468-2023
Name nom
Kim, Il-Yong IY
Department département
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Organization id
29
Institution établissement
Queen's University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2023
Award amount
60000
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
703
Area of application group en
Transportation systems and services
Area of application group fr
Services et systèmes de transport
Area of application en
Aerospace
Area of application fr
Aérospatial
Research subject code
2108
Research subject group en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie mécanique
Research subject en
Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
Research subject fr
Génie aérospatial, aéronautique et automobile
Field of research list names en
Not available
Field of research list names fr
Non disponible
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Topology and design optimization of lightweight and low-cost aircraft passenger seats
Keywords
aerospace design; design optimization; finite element analysis; lightweight; seat; topology optimization
Application summary
In Canada, aerospace manufacturing is the greatest research and development investment across all manufacturing industries and makes up nearly 30% of total research and development investments for all manufacturing. It is therefore imperative to develop new design tools and methods to advance aircraft design for future generations of engineers. Canada has set course to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Significant aircraft weight and emissions reductions could be achieved if engineers had design tools enabling the use of multidisciplinary design optimization methods. These weight and emissions reductions would advance both De Havilland Canada (DHC) and Canada towards meeting their emissions goals, as well as advance DHC in integrating new technology into their aircraft to enhance user experience.
Engineers require additional tools for reducing weight of aircraft from a structural, functional, and operational standpoint. The proposed project seeks to optimize the weight and cost of aircraft passenger seats using advanced computational tools and dynamic crash simulation. The proposed project will greatly benefit Canada's presence in the global aerospace industry and provide tools for a new generation of engineers. Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) will gain expertise in the application of finite element analysis and in developing multidisciplinary design optimization methods. DHC will use the new tools and methodologies to develop a new age of aircrafts.
The proposed research involves a two-year partnership between researchers at Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) and aerospace experts at DHC (Toronto, Ontario). This partnership will allow new methodologies to be developed and implemented for designing four lightweight aircraft seats with a focus on weight and cost optimization. Queen's will be responsible for the development of new optimization methodologies and applying them to weight and cost optimization problems. The project will support 1 PhD student and 2 MASc students, for 2 years.
