Conceptual design of a box-wing aircraft for the air transport of the future The paper aims to present the conceptual design of a box-wing aircraft, called PrandtlPlane, proposed as an efficient alternative for future air transport. Activities and results described here are part of a research project called PARSIFAL (“Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement […]
Aerodynamics
A new paper published in Transportation Research Procedia (Elsevier): “Preliminary transonic CFD analyses of a PrandtlPlane transport aircraft” (Open Access)
In the framework of the PARSIFAL research project, funded by the European Community in the Horizon 2020 program, the PrandtlPlane (PrP) configuration has been proposed as an innovative alternative to the current commercial aircraft of conventional architecture; the PrP configuration development is presented in order to satisfy the future air traffic growing requirements with better […]
A new paper published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (Springer): “Flight dynamics model for preliminary design of PrandtlPlane wing configuration with sizing of the control surfaces”
This paper deals with the evaluation of the flight dynamics response of aircraft with a PrandtlPlane configuration by means of simple models to be used during the preliminary design. The study is completed by method that allows an initial sizing of the elevator and the aileron in such the way adequate requirements can be achieved: […]
A new paper published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (Springer): “Aerodynamic optimization of a large PrandtlPlane configuration”
The purpose of this paper is to present design procedures and tools for the aerodynamic optimization of a large freighter aircraft with a PrandtlPlane configuration. Suitable optimization tools have been developed and are shortly described in the paper; sensitivity analyses for high speed flight conditions have been performed, and, also, low speed performances are evaluated […]
A new paper published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio (Springer): “Aerodynamic design of a light amphibious PrandtlPlane: wind tunnel tests and CFD validation”
As part of the activities carried out during the “IDINTOS” project, wind tunnel tests have been performed on a 1/4 scaled model of a two seats amphibious PrandtlPlane. The present paper deals with the CFD analyses performed after such experimental activities, with the main goal of solving lateral-directional stability problems observed during wind tunnel tests. […]