The present paper concerns the introduction of a mixed analytical-numerical method for the estimation of the maximum lift coefficient of box-wing aircraft in unflapped configuration. The analytical aspect is related to the adaptation of the DATCOM method by means of an approach built on the characteristics of the optimal lift distribution of the box-wing and […]
Month: March 2022
Ph.D. Thesis “Development of design tools and methods for box-wing airplanes and application of the PrandtlPlane concept to a short-medium range aircraft” by Dr. Karim Abu Salem is now available on ETD portal.
This dissertation focuses on the study of the innovative PrandtlPlane aircraft. The PrandtlPlane is the application in aeronautical engineering of an unconventional aerodynamic concept based on the Best Wing System theory, postulated by Prandtl one century ago; the lifting system of this configuration is a box-wing properly designed to minimise the induced drag. The study […]