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PROJECT
ZOMBIE AIRPLANE
BY
MICHAEL-JON REID
Abstract:
In this report I will discuss a Disaster Relief scenario that could affect millions of lives
should we not have a preventative measure in place. The scenario which I am talking
about is that of a Zombie outbreak, this is a very possible scenario. In this report you will
see the advantages of having an airplane design to help out in the case of a zombie
outbreaks.
This airplane will be designed with hover technology so that it can land in any remote
areas. The airplane will be designed to stay on the ground and find a cure and help
quarantine potential victims. A perimeter will be setup to ensure that none of the
zombies will be able to attack the airplane while on the ground.
Introduction:
The people who would need to use an airplane of this sort would be government
soldiers for defense against the zombies, biological researcher that would need to find a
cure for the zombie virus, doctors and nurses to treat the infected and wounded, the
survivors and the infected victims would benefit from a plane like this so that they have
a safe haven and can be treated if needed. The government of the area that is infected
would need to pay for a plane like this to be used as they would want the infection
contained immediately, the plane would be leased to the government. Sparky Aid
Designs will initially pay for the plane and the maintenance of the air plane, once the
plane is needed it will be leased to the appropriate personal and governments.
Problem Statement:
An innovative fixed wing aircraft with supplies, equipment and staff is required when
there is a zombie outbreak which needs to be contained with rapid response.
Government officials, survivors, infected victims will all benefit for an airplane that can
be sent to almost any location in a matter of minutes. The airplane will arrive on scene
quickly so that a specific area and can be treated before the infection starts to spread
rapidly. Thousands if not millions will be infected if the response of the airplane isn't
immediate. Government officials, survivors and infected victims need an airplane that
can react quickly with relevant equipment in order to control an outbreak.
The airplane will be a first response plane that will setup boundaries, treatment and
medical centers, evaluation centers and research laboratory. Additional planes will be
used to evacuate survivors that dont require any medical assistance.
The aircraft may possibly be used for Hurricanes as there will be equipment onboard to
survey the area, equipment for medical treatment and equipment to clear debris if
needed. The airplane will be based in Beijing, China as it has the highest possible
frequency of a zombie outbreak and most possible Hurricanes.
Requirements:
1. Weapon system with automatic detection of zombie and total accuracy.
2. Armory for the soldiers on board.
3. Treatment center for the victims that have been infected but can still be treated.
4. Equipment to develop a cure on site.
5. Equipment for setup and tools to build Boundary, multiple perimeter and
Evaluation Center.
6. Vehicles to go on recovery missions and surveillance of the surrounding area.
7. Medical Supplies.
8. Food and Water Supplies.
9. Electricity for the equipment needed to build the boundaries, treatment center
and quarantine zone and the running of the facilities.
10. The plane should have space for a team of researchers, soldiers and additional
survivors.
11. Clothing and bedding for staff and survivors.
Criteria:
Scale is 1 to 10 (1 being they are similar and 10 being that one is more important
than the other but there must be evidence).
1. Quick response to eliminate the outbreak before it starts spreading and mutating.
2. Fly long Distance for evacuation purposes. Fly up to 8000km.
3. Large Cargo Capacity for equipment, personal and survivors.
4. Must be able to withstand attacks from zombies and rebel forces.
5. Long distance communication. 10000km or more, use of satellite communication.
AHP Table:
Table 1: AHP Table
Criteria Criteria Criteria Criteria Criteria Total Weight
1 2 3 4 5
Criteria 1 1 2 4 4 3 14 0.347
Criteria 2 1/2 1 3 5 2 11.5 0.285
Criteria 3 1/4 1/3 1 3 1/3 4.916 0.122
Criteria 4 1/4 1/5 1/3 1 1/3 2.116 0.052
Criteria 5 1/3 1/2 3 3 1 7.833 0.194
Total 2.333 4.033 11.333 16 6.666 40.365 1.000
AHP Summary:
After watching and analyzing the video and the frequently asked questions I have found
the following criteria which needs to be addressed. The plane needs to have a quick
response time in order to get to the destination and stop or slow down the spread of the
zombie virus be for it becomes an epidemic. The plane would need to fly very long
distances as this may happen anywhere in the world. A large cargo capacity would be
needed for all the equipment and personal that is required to contain and cure the
spread of infection. As everyone will be in "panic mode" they will want to get away from
the infection as quickly as possible, the sight of a plane may start chaos, this plane is
not an evacuation plane but is used to cure and contain the infection so it will need
defenses from zombies and rebels. Communication is a key aspect as you will need to
communicated with infected areas and uninfected areas to know where to go to cure the
problem and for an evacuation plan if needed.
Types of Missions:
The airplane will be a first response plane that will setup boundaries, treatment and
medical centers, evaluation centers and research laboratory. Additional planes will be
used to evacuate survivors that dont require any medical assistance.
The aircraft may possibly be used for Hurricanes as there will be equipment onboard to
survey the area, equipment for medical treatment and equipment to clear debris if
needed. The airplane will be based in Beijing, China as it has the highest possible
frequency of a zombie outbreak and most possible Hurricanes.
Background:
Should a zombie attack, hurricane, or and pandemic happen you need to be prepared
by creating an emergency kit with food, water and other supplies to get through a
couple of days before getting to a safe heaven. [1]
If You Have Time to Prepare start by gather sufficient supplies to survive for 90 days.
Obtain and stockpile basic survival (the most important) items. Store supplies for just
getting by and prepare an emergency kit. Keep yourself healthy against everything.
Plan how to prepare for the messier sides of the long-term. Set up a communication
system. Use diesel-powered vehicles. Become a good shot. Learn how to hunt. Read
up on disaster preparedness. Become less dependent. Find a way to generate your
own electricity. With No Time to Spare Grab a long-sleeved shirt and some pants.
Come up with an escape plans. Seek shelter and a food source. Go on the defensive
and Find other survivors. Remember to stay positive. [2]
Disaster Relief Equipment, Search & Rescue and Accessories are always needed and
can be sourced easily. [3]
Disaster preparedness is a key factor when it comes to major disasters like
earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornadoes. You should always be stocked up with food,
water, weapons for defense and a device for communications. [4]
Medical Air Services can move patients very quick with multiple ways of moving them,
such as helicopter, propeller aircraft and jet aircraft. These aircraft also have facilities
onboard for treatment should it be needed immediately. [5]
(Unfortunately, I can't figure out why the wings are not being displayed in the drawing in Figure
1: Three-view Drawing)
The airplane will be based in Beijing, China as it has the highest possible frequency of a
zombie outbreak and most possible Hurricanes. In Beijing the frequency is 15 long
range and 8 short range Hurricanes and the frequency of Zombie attacks is 0.98 long
range and 0.85 short range. The Hurricanes last for about 6 weeks and the Zombie
Attacks last about 15 weeks.
Description of Trade-offs:
One of the trade-offs that I currently found is that when completing the final design, I
had to remove seats in order to put doors in place.
The second trade-off is that I made the fuselage diameter to big so the size of the plane
will be reduced, in order accommodate all the interior items while still having the
fuselage big enough to be able to travel long distances.
Decision Summary:
As we can see above the containment option is the choice when using the decision
matrix. The containment airplane meets the criteria and requirements the most and
would be the best option for this project. The decision is based on what the customer
needs and wants most out of the airplane for this particular disaster situation.
See Appendix 1: Containment Airplane Cargo List
Experimental Results:
There is a large jump in Wing Deflection and Deflection Angle as the span increases on
all three of the wing designs, the wing span for each of these planes is defined by the
weight of the airplane and the structural support of the wing. When creating the wing
structure, it must be strong enough but can't be completely over engineered to the point
that it costs too much or is too heavy for the fuselage. So, the wings in each design are
made specifically to suit the criteria and needs for each plane.
Table 3: Containment Airplane Wing Structural Analysis
Figure 5: Relationship between Containment Airplane Wing Span and Tip Deflection
Discussion of Results:
Table 4: Wing Structural Analysis AHP Table
Table 5: Wing Structural Analysis Decision Matrix
Using Table 5: Wing Structural Analysis Decision Matrix to determine which wing would
be the best possible solution you can see that Containment is ahead in overall score,
but the decision matrix is a tool and must be used with other information, criteria and
requirements. There is a large gap between price and weight for each of these wing
designs.
Surveillance is the most cost effective as it is the cheapest and uses a strong material,
and the overall weight is of the wing for the size of the plane is effective as it requires
less weight to stay in the air for longer periods of time in order to survey the area
correctly. Refer to Equation 1 below for the calculation for the cost and weight for each
wing design.
Equation 1: Containment Airplane Wing Structure
Weight and Cost Object Volume = Cross-Section x Span
(0.8632 m3 = 0.03320 m2 x 26m)
Object Weight = Specific Weight x Object Volume
(23964.158N = 27,762 N/m3 x 0.8632 m3)
Total Cost = Volume x Cost per Cubic Meter
($5152.44 = 0.8632 m3 x $5,969)
Description of Automated Feature:
The automation system that will be implemented in the plane will be a proximity and
early warning system. The system will use Proximity Sensors, Ultrasonic Distance
Sensors, PIR Sensors. All these sensors will be used to detect motion and distance of
unwanted zombies heading towards the airplane and will sound an alarm, flash lights
and an LCD display will show how close the zombies are to the airplane. This system
may be flawed as any motion will trigger the alarm, for example a bird or other smaller
animals may cause the alarm to be triggered. An additional sensor, like a Thermal
Imagining Sensor will be used for analysis of the size and threat level. This early
detection will reduce the number of overall casualties for uninfected people.
Input:
Proximity Sensor
Ultrasonic Distance Sensor PIR Motion Sensor Thermal Imaging Sensor
Output (Reaction): LED Lights
Alarms
LCD Display
UML diagrams:
Use Case Diagram:
Sequence Diagram:
Conclusion:
The design of the airplane is to ensure that all personal and cargo will get to a disaster
zone on a timely manner. The airplane has two Trent-882 Jet Engines which make sure
that the airplane can get to the disaster zone quickly to ensure that the disaster will
sorted out as quickly as possible.
This airplane resolves the issue of having an aircraft that can take-off and land in any
remote area. Because the plane is larger I can hold a lot of cargo and personal but will
also be able to travel longer distances. On way that the airplane could be improved is
no convert the inside of the airplane to a laboratory when it lands and the cargo has
been removed to ensure that the laboratory can be setup.
This project has prepared me to create a project from the start to end, using
management skills, graphs. While completing all the sections of this course I have found
myself using the skills I have learnt more and more in order to accomplish tasks and
projects.
I will definitely use the skills I have learnt, so that I can improve on real world projects
that I am currently involved in and projects that I will have in the future.
I really enjoy the design side of engineering, as well as using tinker CAD to design
circuit and use them.
Resources:
[1] Ali S. Khan. (2011, May 16). "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse" [Online]
Available: <https://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-
zombie-apocalypse/>
[2] wikiHow. (2017, September 23). "How to Survive an Apocalypse" [Online] Available:
<http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-an-Apocalypse>
[3] OneClickMed. (2017, September 23). "Disaster Relief Equipment, Search & Rescue
and Accessories" [Online] Available:
<http://www.oneclickmed.com/directory/12000/disaster-relief-equipment-search-rescue-
accessories>
[4] 1staidsupplies.com. (2017, September 23). "Disaster Kits & Survival Supplies"
[Online] Available: <https://www.1staidsupplies.com/disaster-survival>
[5] Wikipedia. (2017, September 23). "Air medical services" [Online] Available:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_medical_services>
Appendix 1: Financial Analysis Calculations
Appendix 2: Arduino Automation Code
//PIR Sensor//
int PIR = 8; //the digital pin connected to the PIR sensor's output int LED = 13;
int BUZZER = 9;
//PIR Sensor END//
//LCD// /*
LiquidCrystal Library
Demonstrates the use a 16x2 LCD display. The LiquidCrystal library works with all LCD
displays that are compatible with the Hitachi HD44780 driver. There are many of them
out there, and you can usually tell them by the 16-pin interface.
The circuit:
* LCD RS pin to digital pin 12
* LCD Enable pin to digital pin 11 * LCD D4 pin to digital pin 5
* LCD D5 pin to digital pin 4
* LCD D6 pin to digital pin 3
* LCD D7 pin to digital pin 2
* LCD R/W pin to ground
* LCD VSS pin to ground
* LCD VCC pin to 5V
* 10K resistor:
* ends to +5V and ground
* wiper to LCD VO pin (pin 3)
Library originally added 18 Apr 2008
by David A. Mellis
library modified 5 Jul 2009
by Limor Fried (http://www.ladyada.net) example added 9 Jul 2009
by Tom Igoe
modified 22 Nov 2010
by Tom Igoe
This example code is in the public domain.
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystal
* Ultrasonic Sensor HC-SR04 and Arduino Tutorial * Crated by Dejan Nedelkovski,
* www.HowToMechatronics.com
*/
// include the library code: #include <LiquidCrystal.h>
// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5,
4, 3, 2);
//LCD END//
//Ultra Sonic// /*
Ping))) Sensor
This sketch reads a PING))) ultrasonic rangefinder and returns the distance to the
closest object in range. To do this, it sends a pulse to the sensor to initiate a reading,
then listens for a pulse to return. The length of the returning pulse is proportional to the
distance of the object from the sensor.
The circuit:
* +V connection of the PING))) attached to +5V * GND connection attached to ground
* SIG connection attached to digital pin 7
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Ping
This example code is in the public domain. */
int inches = 0; int cm = 0;
int USS = 7;
long readUltrasonicDistance(int pin) {
pinMode(pin, OUTPUT); // Clear the trigger digitalWrite(pin, LOW);
delayMicroseconds(2);
// Sets the pin on HIGH state for 10 micro seconds
digitalWrite(pin, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(10); digitalWrite(pin, LOW); pinMode(pin,
INPUT);
// Reads the pin, and returns the sound wave travel time in microseconds
return pulseIn(pin, HIGH); }
//Ultra Sonic END//
float sensorReading = 0;
void setup() { Serial.begin(9600);
//PIR Sensor// pinMode(PIR, INPUT); pinMode(LED, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(PIR,
LOW); //PIR Sensor END//
//LCD//
// set up the LCD's number of columns and rows: lcd.begin(16, 2);
//LCD END//
//Ultra Sonic//
pinMode(USS, INPUT); pinMode(LED, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(USS, LOW);
pinMode(BUZZER, OUTPUT); //Ultra Sonic END//
}
void loop() {
//PIR Sensor//
int value = digitalRead(PIR), digitalRead(USS); // uses the pir and ultrasonic distance
sensor
if(value == HIGH){
digitalWrite(LED, HIGH); //the led visualizes the sensors output pin state
digitalWrite(BUZZER, HIGH); //the buzzer sounds the sensors output pin state }
else{
digitalWrite(LED, LOW); //the led visualizes the sensors output pin state
digitalWrite(BUZZER, LOW);//the buzzer sounds the sensors output pin state }
//PIR Sensor END//
//LCD//
lcd.setCursor(0,0); // Sets the location at which subsequent text written to the LCD will
be displayed
lcd.print("Distance: "); // Prints string "Distance" on the LCD lcd.print(cm); // Prints the
distance value from the sensor lcd.print(" cm");
delay(10);
lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("Distance: "); lcd.print(inches); lcd.print(" inch"); delay(10);
/* // set the cursor to column 0, line 1
// (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0): lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
// print the number of seconds since reset:
lcd.print(millis() / 1000);*/
//LCD END//
//Ultra Sonic//
// measure the ping time in cm
cm = 0.01723 * readUltrasonicDistance(USS); // convert to inches by dividing by 2.54
inches = (cm / 2.54);
Serial.print(inches);
Serial.print("in, ");
Serial.print(cm);
Serial.println("cm");
delay(100); // Wait for 100 millisecond(s) //Ultra Sonic END//
// read the sensor
sensorReading = analogRead(USS);
// print the sensor reading so you know its range Serial.println(sensorReading);
// map the sensor reading to a range for the
// speaker
tone(9, 440 * pow(2.0, (constrain(int(map(sensorReading, 0, 1023, 36, 84)), 35, 127) -
57) / 12.0), 1000);
delay(10); // Delay a little bit to improve simulation performance /*
reading = analogRead(tempPin);
//Serial.println(reading);
voltage = reading*5/1024; //Serial.println(voltage); degreeC = ((voltage-.5)*100);
//Serial.println(degreeC);
if(USS>5 && USS<130) { digitalWrite(BUZZER, 128); Serial.println("Buzzer On");
} else {
digitalWrite(BUZZER, 0); Serial.println("Buzzer Off"); */
}
Appendix 3: FAT Procedures:
Test Title: Testing for Weapon System Automation and Accuracy.
Scope: This test verifies that the weapons system has an accuracy of 500mm of the
target when automatically detected.
The following requirements are included in this procedure:
1. Weapon system with automatic detection of zombie and total accuracy within
500mm of the target.
Name of Tester: Michael-Jon Reid Date of Test: 11/08/2017
Prerequisites:
The weapons system must be powered on.
The weapons system must be calibrated.
The weapons system must be loaded.
The weapons system must be operational.
Test Procedure:
Step Instructions Expected Outcome Requirement Pass/
Fail