Aviation

Summer Program
2015
General Presentation

History
3 leading French Aeronautical Schools
ISAE -SUPAERO
ENAC
ISAE - ENSMA

Program launch 2003

12 sessions welcomed 295 students from up
to 11 different campuses

Program Brief
Objectives
Aeronautics Fundamentals
European Aerospace Industry
French Regional Culture & Traditions
For undergraduate Students ( 3rd or 4th year of BSC)
Solid background in Aviation / Aerospace
Technical Courses & Visits in English
French language course as a complement

Program Brief
Aerospace Engineering:
Air Transport & Aviation Safety (ENAC) :
17 sessions of 50each
Aircraft Structures (ISAE) : 22 sessions of 50each
Propulsion Systems (ISAE) : 14 sessions of 50each
Combustion / Detonation Applied to Propulsion
(ENSMA)
14 sessions of 50each
French course : 14 sessions of 50each

Culture: visits, conferences, interactions

Course Overview
Monday Friday
Morning : 3 sessions 9h-12h
Afternoon : 2 to 3 sessions 14h00 17h00,

Attendance to all sessions / visits mandatory

Weekends are free except on travel weekends

Assessment
Technical Credits:
Four quizzes at 25 points each - 100 points total

Cultural Credits :
A report is due after each visit
(generally for the following Monday)
Students write their reports with a partner
(one report for two students)
Reports 100 points total

Translation of grades
GEA will translate your raw French grades into adequate U.S. grades as follows :

50

FAIL

C-

60

C+

B-

100 (EU)

70

B+

A-

A+

PASS

Passing threshold for transfer credits in the U.S. is NOT 50% but 70%

(US)

 Toulouse
May 29
June 18

Game Plan 2013

Paris
June 18-21
Poitiers
June 21-27
Biarritz
June 27-30

Tarbes
June 30
Toulouse
June 30-July 10

Biarritz

Tarbes

Carcassonne

Technical Visits such as

Airbus
Airbus Group
Biarritz Airport
Daher Socata
Dassault
ATR Assembly Lines
Rockwell Collins
Liebherr Aerospace

(Toulouse)
(Paris Air Show)
(Biarritz)
(Tarbes)
( Biarritz)
(Toulouse)
(Toulouse)
(Toulouse)

Cultural Visits
Paris, Poitiers and Toulouse cities
Medieval city of Carcassonne

Basque country & Biarritz city

Toulouse
Cathdrale Saint-Etienne

Le Pont Neuf

Place Wilson

Saint-Sernin Basilique

Muse des Augustins

Stadium de Toulouse

Capitole

Poitiers
Htel de Ville

Palais de Poitiers
Cathdrale St Pierre
Futuroscope

Eglise Notre-Dame

Saint-Jean de Montierneuf

Futuroscope

Carcassonne

Biarritz

Paris Air Show

2012
Pictures and Testimonies
I have unforgettable memories, this experience has made
me a better person, more open-minded and more experienced.

2013
Pictures and Testimonies
In all, this Summer Program has made me reevaluate my
own identity and how I relate to others in the world.

2014
Pictures and Testimonies
I would never have guessed that I would build such close bonds
with complete strangers in six weeks, nor would I have guessed
that it would happen in France

2014 Session
28 Students from:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

University of Texas, Austin
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Maryland, Melbourne
University of Syracuse, New York
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Ohio

Aircraft Engines / Internal aerodynamics of propulsion systems

Location : ISAE
Objectives : The purpose of this course is internal aerodynamics of
air intakes ( subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic), of compressors
and turbines ( rotors and stators), and nozzles of turbojets engines and
rocket engines ( influence of viscosity, stalling criteria, reattachment,
shock waves)

Prerequisites : General aerodynamics, fluid mechanics

Contents : Generalities on Propulsion, functionning of subsonic and

supersonic air intakes ( without and with mouse, shoks position,
surge), friction and stalling problems in nozzles. Dimensioning of
compressors and turbine cascade blades ( rotors and stators),
associated criterias.

Duration : 14 sessions each

Professor : Alain CARRERE

Bibilography : Propulsion Elements, by A.CARRERE ( SUPAERO
Edition)
Evaluation : Written exam ( midterm quiz )

Aircraft Structures / Specific module for Aerospace Engineering Students

Location : ISAE

Objectives : The purpose of this course is to provide a broad

knowledge of the aeronautical structures : design, analysis and
tests, maintenance and to provide the methods for the static
analysis of different parts of an aircraft ( wings, fuselage,). This
course aims to illustrate the relationship between the calculation
methods and the physical phenomena ( buckling of a spar, loads in
a landing gear).

Prerequisites : Elasticity, strength of materials, long beams, plates

and bodies.

Duration : 19 sessions of 50 each

Professor : Jean-Franois BEGUE, Marc ROLIN

Bibilography : E.F Brunh, Analysis and design of flight vehicles

structures, Tri-state offset company, 1973

Evaluation : Written exam ( midterm quiz )

World Air Transport

Location : ENAC

Objectives :
To give an introduction to the economic setting of the air transport industry,
highlighting the characteristics of competition in this sector
To understand the implementation of Air Transport technical requirements to
reach and maintain a minimum safety level
To give a global overview of the European regulatory Organization /
Requirements applicable in Europe and their conformity to corresponding
international rules
To make the students familiar with the Type certification procedures and
process for a large Transport Aircraft.
Prerequisites : None
Contents :
Air Transport Economics : Introduction to air transport economics :
presentation of the air transport sector, the air transport sector in figures, the
various types of airlines. Competition in air transport, the different markets
and airlines strategies).
Civil Aviation Organization : International Air Transport organizations (
ICAO), regional and national organizations, air freedoms, annexes to the
ICAO convention, European Organizations, EU, ECAC, JAA, EASA.
Aviation Safety concepts : Safety level objectives, status and improvement
initiatives, Aircraft airworthiness ( ICAO annex 8), bilateral agreements
principles, certification procedures ( part 21), organization approvals ( DOA,
POA), type certication process for a large transport aircraft, changes to the
type certificate, approval of new models, design change repairs, continued
airworthiness activities

World Air Transport

Location : ENAC

Prerequisites : None

Duration : 17 sessions of 50 each

Professor : Nathalie Lenoir, Muriel Gizardin

Bibilography : Warsaw convention ( 1929) , Chicago convention

( 1944) and annexes

Evaluation : Written exam ( midterm quiz )

Fundamentals of Combustion and Detonation in gas applied to Propulsion

Location : ENSMA

Objectives :

To provide fundamental knowledge of thermodynamics applied to reactive

systems in order to better understand related phenomena : flames,
detonations.
To provide fundamental knowledge of combustion and detonation and the
methods and means of calculating effects on the surroundings
To provide a basic knowledge on how turbulent reacting flows can be dealt
with as far as their modeling is concerned in conditions that prevail in the new
generation of jet engines combustion chambers.

Prerequisites : Basic fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, shocks, waves

of small amplitude

Contents : Generalities on combustion of solids, principles, regimes,

process stabilization, types of flame, solid fuel and solid propellants,
conduction, gasification, radiation, heat transfer, ignition, burning velocity
calculation, heterogeneous combustion.
Generalities on thermodynamics, gasdynamic discontinuities, detonation in
gaseous mixtures, application to supersonic and hypersonic propulsion.
Application to rocket propulsion and fire safety analysis. Development of a
theoretical model for gas-solid and liquid-gas combustion.
Lab works : study of premixed and diffusion flames in burners ( 40kW
industrial swirl burner and 3k W water heater burner), introduction to pollutant
formation in flames

Fundamentals of Combustion and Detonation in gas applied to Propulsion

Location : ENSMA

Duration : 14 sessions of 50 each

Professors : Pascal BAUER, Jean-Michel MOST, Ratiba ZITOUN

Evaluation : Written exam ( midterm quiz )

FRENCH COURSES

Objectives : To provide French Language and Culture course

Prerequisites : None
Contents :
Language : Rules of French Phonetics, How to introduce
oneself, Numbers, Useful words for the class, Likes and
dislikes, How to talk about daily activities, How to order in a
caf or a restaurant, How to buy a train ticket, How to take an
appointment, How to ask and explain ones way, How to tell
about ones last week end, a French song.
Culture : Rules of politeness, Type of activities in the language
lesson, Surveys in the street, French gastronomy, restaurants in
Toulouse, French fashion, Shops in Toulouse, Main Towns,
Touristic sites in France, Health in France, Go out in Toulouse :
public transportation, cinemas, concert halls, French ways to
spend vacation.

Duration : 14 sessions of 50 each

Professor : Stphanie REMY, Dorothe VILAINE, Evelyne

Bordier

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE ( )

RESPONSIBLE

Module 1: AIRCRAFT ARCHITECTURE

ANALYSIS OF LOADS ON AIRCRAFT
STRUCTURE

BEGUE
ROLLIN

Module 2: AIR TRANSPORT

CIVIL AVIATION STRUCTURE AND ORG
AIR TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
AVIATION SAFETY CONCEPTS

GIZARDIN
LENOIR
GIZARDIN

Module 3: HETEROGENEOUS COMBUSTION

HETEROGENEOUS COMBUSTION
Module 4: PROPULSION SYSTEMS
INTERNAL AERODYNAMICS OF PROPULSION
SYSTEMS

Report

Quiz 1

Quiz
3

Quiz 4

25

25

25

MOST- BAUER DESBORDES

25

CARRERE

Module 5: CULTURE AND TECHNICAL VISITS

HISTORY OF CARCASSONE
CITY OF POITIERS
CITY OF TOULOUSE

10
10
10

AIRBUS GROUP
AIRBUS
ATR
BIARRITZ AIRPORT
DAHER SOCATA
DASSAULT
LIEBHERR
ROCKWELL COLLINS
GENERAL SUMMARY

10
10
10
10
10
20

25
TECHNICAL ELECTIVE CREDITS
CULTURAL ELECTIVE CREDITS

Quiz 2

100

25

25

25

Questions and Concerns?