The aviation world is dealing with the development of new and greener aviation. The need for reducing greenhouse gas emission as well as the noise is a critical requirement for the aviation of the future. The aviation world is struggling with it, and a compelling alternative can be the electric propulsion. This work aims […]
Projects
A new paper published in Sustainability (MDPI): “Innovative Box-Wing Aircraft: Emissions and Climate Change” (Open Access)
The PARSIFAL project (Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement of Future AirpLanes) aims to promote an innovative box-wing aircraft: the PrandtlPlane. Aircraft developed adopting this configuration are expected to achieve a payload capability higher than common single aisle analogues (e.g., Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 families), without any increase in the overall dimensions. We […]
M.Sc. Thesis concluded: “FEASIBILITY AND STRUCTURAL STUDY OF AN AIRSTAIR SYSTEM FOR SHORT-MID RANGE AIRCRAFT”
After a 6 months internship at Superjet International (Venice), the student Marco Ciuffarin has concluded a M.Sc. thesis aimed at designing an integrated airstair system for the box-wing aircraft investigate in the project “PARSIFAL”. Reference: Ciuffarin, M., “FEASIBILITY AND STRUCTURAL STUDY OF AN AIRSTAIR SYSTEM FOR SHORT-MID RANGE AIRCRAFT”, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Pisa (2021) […]
A new paper published in the Journal of Aerospace Engineering (IMechE p.G, SAGE): “Conceptual design of PrandtlPlane civil transport aircraft ”
According to aircraft manufacturers and several air transportation players, the main challenge the civil aviation will have to deal with in the future is to provide a sustainable growth strategy, in order to face the growing demand of air traffic all over the world. The sustainability requirements are related to air pollution, noise impact, airport […]
A new paper published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (Springer): “Preliminary Take-Off Analysis and Simulation of PrandtlPlane Commercial Aircraft” (Open Access)
The present paper deals with the take-off performance analysis of PrandtlPlane aircraft. The PrandtlPlane is a Box-Wing configuration based on Prandtl’s “Best Wing System” concept, which minimizes the induced drag once wingspan and lift are given. The take-off dynamics is simulated implementing the non-linear equations of motion in a numerical tool, which adopts a Vortex […]