The continuous trend in weight reduction together with novel engine architectures results in large structural and thermal loads, with narrower security margins. The lecture note on aircraft engine reviews the main challenges of structural design of an aircraft engine, and the associated certification constraints. The first part of these proceedings addresses the engine behaviour (whole engine dynamics, impacts, and thermal loads). Whole Engine dynamics overviews how to model the different elements of the engine to study the dynamic behaviour of the assembled system while respecting design criteria. Foreign object damage and fan blade out describes the methodologies currently used to perform simulations in compressor blades to predict the integrity of the structure.

The fifth symposium on the doctoral research of the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics took place during the period March 10 to 12, 2014. The doctoral students have presented the progress of their research work carried out in the three departments: Aeronautics and Aerospace, Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics, Turbomachinery and Propulsion. The first year students have presented a poster on their research plans and some preliminary results, while the most advanced students have proposed a presentation followed by a session of questions.

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