Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 88 Issue 2

Editorial

Enhanced wake vortex decay in ground proximity triggered by plate lines

Frank Holzäpfel, Anton Stephan, Tobias Heel, Stephan Körner

From pilot reports, field measurements and numerical simulations, it is known that wake vortices may persist within the glide path in ground proximity, leading to an increased…

Aerodynamic models for cycloidal rotor analysis

Louis Gagnon, Marco Morandini, Giuseppe Quaranta, Vincenzo Muscarello, Pierangelo Masarati

Few modeling approaches exist for cycloidal rotors because they are a prototypal technology. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop new models for their analysis and…

Aerodynamic optimization of cyclorotors

Jakson Augusto Leger Monteiro, José C. Páscoa, Carlos M. Xisto

Cycloidal rotors, also known as cyclogyros, are horizontal axis rotary-wing machines with potential for Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft applications. The paper aims to…

Minimization of body of revolution aerodynamic drag at supersonic speeds

Nikita Ageev, Alexander Pavlenko

This study aims to decrease the aerodynamic drag of the body of revolution at supersonic speeds. Supersonic area rule is widely used in modern supersonic aircraft design. Further…

Multi-disciplinary design investigation of propulsive fuselage aircraft concepts

Julian Bijewitz, Arne Seitz, Askin T. Isikveren, Mirko Hornung

Motivated by the potential of gaining noticeable improvements in vehicular efficiency, this paper aims to investigate the benefits attainable from introducing a more synergistic…

Automated model generation and sizing of aircraft structures

Tanja Führer, Christian Willberg, Sebastian Freund, Falk Heinecke

To obtain a good start configuration in the early design phase, simulation tools are used to create a large number of product designs and to evaluate their performance. To reduce…

Three surface aircraft (TSA) configuration – flying qualities evaluation

Tomasz Goetzendorf-Grabowski, Tomasz Antoniewski

Unconventional configuration aircrafts are not often designed because of many problems, mainly with stability and trim. However, they could be very promising. The problems can be…

Co-rotating vortex interaction

Alexandros Romeos, Athanasios Giannadakis, Konstantinos Perrakis, Thrassos Panidis

The purpose of this paper is to study the structure and dynamic development of a pair of co-rotating trailing vortices, during their formation, interaction and merging, using…

Fuselage structures within the CPACS data format

Julian Scherer, Dieter Kohlgrüber

This paper aims to summarize the main features of the fuselage structure description within the Common Parametric Aircraft Configuration Schema (CPACS) data format.

Automated sizing of a composite wing for the usage within a multidisciplinary design process

Tobias Bach, Tanja Führer, Christian Willberg, Sascha Dähne

The purpose of this paper is to present a structural design and optimization module for aircraft structures that can be used stand-alone or in a high-fidelity multidisciplinary…

Compliant structures-based wing and wingtip morphing devices

Srinivas Vasista, Alessandro De Gaspari, Sergio Ricci, Johannes Riemenschneider, Hans Peter Monner, Bram van de Kamp

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the design and experimental work of compliant wing and wingtip morphing devices conducted within the EU FP7 project NOVEMOR…

Multi-model ensemble wake vortex prediction

Stephan Körner, Frank Holzäpfel

Wake vortices that are generated by an aircraft as a consequence of lift constitute a potential danger to the following aircraft. To predict and avoid dangerous situations, wake…

Small air transport aircraft entry requirements evoked by FlightPath 2050

Krzysztof Piwek, Witold Wiśniowski

Europe has adopted the Flight Path 2050 (FP2050) challenge demanding that by 2050, 90 per cent of the travelers are able to reach door-to-door destinations in Europe within four…

Multi-disciplinary optimisation approach for a light turboprop aircraft-engine integration and improvement

Andrzej Iwaniuk, Witold Wiśniowski, Jerzy Żółtak

The purpose of this paper is to present application of multidisciplinary design optimisation (MDO) in redesign of a small composite aircraft. The redesign process was integration…