Overall Preliminary Sizing and Optimization of the Metallic Structures of a PrandtlPlane Civil Transport Aircraft The paper aims at presenting and summarizing the activities carried out on the structural aspects of a box-wing aircraft, called PrandtlPlane, proposed as a more efficient alternative to present commercial aircraft. The results hereby shown represent the major achievements in […]
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PARSIFAL project: interim results presented at AIAA Aviation Forum 2018 (Atlanta, USA)
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 […]
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 […]
IDINTOS project presented at AIAA SciTech 2015 (Kissimmee, USA)
Design of a prototype of light amphibious PrandtlPlane The present paper describes the activities carried out during the research project “IDINTOS”, co-funded by the Regional Government of Tuscany (Italy), coordinated by the University of Pisa and carried out by a consortium of public bodies and private firms. The project, started in 2011 and lasted 30 […]