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 […]
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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 […]
The book “Aviation Noise Impact Management” is now online
Last year, several research teams involved in more than 50 EU funded projects all over Europe have been invited to contribute to a book called “Aviation Noise Impact Management”. The book, edited by Laurent Leylekian (ONERA), Alexandra Covrig (Airport Regions Council) and Alena Maximova (Airport Regions Council) and published by Springer, is now online and […]
M.Sc. Thesis concluded: “Aeroelastic study of aircraft with box-wing architecture using a medium-low fidelity code”
After a 6 months internship at XSun (France), the student Andri Dine has concluded a M.Sc. thesis aimed at evaluating the capabilities of a low fidelity aeroelastic tool in defining the aero-structrual behaviour of box-wing aircraft since the early stages of the design. Reference: Dine, A., “Studio aeroelastico di velivoli con architettura box-wing mediante un […]
A new paper published in Thin-Walled Structures (Elsevier): “Multi-scale deterministic optimisation of blended composite structures: case study of a box-wing”
This work presents a multi-scale design methodology for the deterministic optimisation of thin-walled composite structures integrating a global–local approach for the assessment of the buckling strength and a dedicated strategy to recover blended stacking sequences. The methodology is based on the multi-scale two-level optimisation strategy for anisotropic materials and structures. In the first step, focused […]