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 […]
Structures
Internship and thesis opportunity at AURA AERO company (Toulouse, France)
In the development of electric A/C, the integration of systems and batteries imply new challenges in the fields of Loads and Flutter assessment. The main activities are focused on loads and flutter assessment of electric A/C. The objective of the internship is to contribute to the development of a toolbox for computational aeroelasticity in an […]
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 […]
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, […]
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) […]