The introduction of disruptive innovations in the transport aviation sector is becoming increasingly necessary. This is because there are many very demanding challenges that the transport aviation system will have to face in the years ahead. In particular, the reduction in pollutant emissions from air transport, and its impact on climate change, clearly must […]
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A new paper published in Journal of Air Transport Management (Elsevier): “Aircraft turnaround time estimation in early design phases: Simulation tools development and application to the case of box-wing architecture”
This work deals with the problem of estimating the turnaround time in the early stages of aircraft design. The turnaround time has a significant impact in terms of marketability and value creation potential of an aircraft and, for this reason, it should be considered as an important driver of fuselage and cabin design decisions. Estimating […]
A new paper published in Aerospace Science and Technology (Elsevier): “A DoE-based approach for the implementation of structural surrogate models in the early stage design of box-wing aircraft”
One of the possible ways to face the challenge of reducing the environmental impact of aviation, without limiting the growth of air transport, is the introduction of more efficient, radically different aircraft architectures. Among these, the box-wing one represents a promising solution, at least in the case of its application to short-to-medium haul aircraft, […]
A new paper published in Mechanics & Industry (EDP): “Tools and methodologies for box-wing aircraft conceptual aerodynamic design and aeromechanic analysis” (Open Access)
A way to face the challenge of moving towards a new greener aviation is to exploit disruptive aircraft architectures; one of the most promising concept is the PrandtlPlane, a box-wing aircraft based on the Prandtl’s studies on multiplane lifting systems. A box-wing designed accordingly the Prandtl “best wing system” minimizes the induced drag for […]
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 […]