Study of the Airbus A330-700L Beluga XL structure and reproduction of a 1:50 scale model

• Main Author: Rubio Guerrero, Mario
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Organització d'Empreses, Lordan González, Oriol
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2024
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Aeronaus::Avions; Transport planes; Airbus aircraft; Airplanes > Models > Design and construction; Beluga XL; A330-700L; Avions de transport; Airbus (Avions); Aeromodelisme > Disseny i construcció; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/409201

The A330-700L, also known as the Beluga XL because of its curious shape, is a cargo aircraft that was vital to the exponential growth of the aerospace industry. This aircraft was responsible for supplying parts to assembly plants at a time when booming demand threatened to outstrip Airbus’ manufacturing capacity. The construction of this aircraft made it possible to make a great leap in performance and load capacities compared to its predecessor. This makes it a very interesting challenge to investigate the structure of an aircraft with a very distinctive shape and which can fly with previously unthinkable loads. In this project, information will be sought on the structure of the Beluga XL in order to make a design using software that is as faithful as possible and then translate this design into a 1:50 scale model.