In this project, we are developing a multi-layer aircraft design framework, for conceptual design and multidisciplinary optimization of the next generation of passenger aircraft equipped with novel airframe and energy network technologies. The aircraft technologies include active flow control, active load alleviation, boundary layer ingestion, and new materials and structures. The novel energy network technologies include full electric as well as hybrid electric energy network. The project ADEMAO includes a clean sheet design of three reference aircraft, a short-range, a mid-range, and a long-range, as well as higher fidelity analysis and multidisciplinary optimization of them. The ADEMAO project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) via the cluster of excellence SE2A.
Contact: M. Sc. Stanislav Karpuk, M. Sc. Valerio Mosca
The Chair of Aircraft Design is designing the reference aircraft of the cluster of excellence SE2A in the project ADEMAO. In the project CLIME together with the Institute of Flight Guidance and the Institute of Jet Propulsion and Turbomachinery, we are trying to design manufacture, and fly a scaled model flying version of one of the SE2A reference aircraft. The main purpose is to measure the flying characteristics (flight dynamics) of the novel configuration. The maiden flight is planned for October 2021. The CLIME project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) via the cluster of excellence SE2A.
Contact: M. Sc. Stanislav Karpuk, M. Sc. Radimir Yanev
Together with 5 other German Universities as well as Airbus, we are developing an aircraft design environment, which will be used as the future design tool of research education and industrial applications inside and outside Germany. The partners are RWTH Aachen, TU Berlin, TU Braunschweig, TU Hamburg, TU München, and the University of Stuttgart. The Chair of Aircraft Design TU Braunschweig is responsible for developing the UNICADO architecture and the optimization module. The UNICADO project is funded by the LuFo program of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy.
Contact: Dr. Daigo Maruyama
PEANUT aims to investigate and evaluate an electric propulsion unit for a Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) with two passengers and a range of less than 100 km. The project is a collaboration between the Chair of Aircraft Design of IFL, Institute of Jet Propulsion and Turbomachinery (IFAS), and Oswald Elektromotoren GmbH. The IFAS of the TU Braunschweig focuses on the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of the propulsion unit, while the Chait of Aircraft Design is responsible for the overall design, optimization, and performance evaluation of the vehicle. For this purpose, the IFL defines a reference vehicle, which allows the analysis and assessment of the interaction of the powertrain on the flight performance. The initial PAV design will be extended by a ROM module to represent the cooling system, which will be integrated with the power grid model (from IFAS and Oswald) to perform a multidisciplinary design optimization of the PAV. This project is funded by the German Ministry of Economy via the LuFo program.
Contact: M. Sc. Radimir Yanev