The focus of the Junior Research Group is realted to several fundamental design research questions of future sustainable aircraft design:
1. Assessement of airframe and propulsion technologies investigated under the Se2A Cluster for the next-generation long-range commercial aircraft from the synergistic perspective.
2. Development of methodologies for medium- and high-fidelity analyses and optimization of aircraft at the conceptual design level featuring advanced technology modeling and their integartion into the overall aircraft design process.
Potential availability of novel technologies and their effect on the overall performance of the aircraft may allow design of more unconventional aircraft configurations to further improve the overall aircraft efficiency. Moreover, performance of airframe and propulsion technologies may also limit the level of design flexibility of future aviation. Therefore, the group is focused on conceptual design of various aircraft configurations that feature potential future technologies and attempts to quantify their influence on the overall design space and capabilities of future aircraft configurations.
To perform necessary design tasks and better understand technology capabilities, performance of unconventional configurations, and uncertainties related to particular design decisions, a comprehensive multi-fidelity framework is required. The framework being developed in the Junior Research Group couples a wide variety of methods and tools from low-, medium-, and high-fidelity domanis to ensure that each capability can be used at a given conceptual design step and satisfies desired analysis or optimization goals. Moreover, the group is actively working on implimentation of novel technology estimations by means of methods integration, utimization of surrogate models, or extension of existing models to attempt to mimic desired technology behavior.
Dr.-Ing. Stanislav Karpuk
Project lead
+49 531 391 9929
s.karpuk(at)tu-braunschweig.de
M.Sc. Valerio Mosca
Research Scientist
v.mosca(at)tu-braunschweig.de
M.Sc. Febriyan Prayoga
Research Scientist
febriyan.prayoga(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Institute of Aircraft Design and Lightweight Structures
Technical University Braunschweig
Hermann-Blenk-Straße 35
D-38108 Braunschweig
Cluster of Excellence SE²A –
Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Aviation
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Hermann-Blenk-Str. 42
38108 Braunschweig
se2a(at)tu-braunschweig.de
+49 531 391 66661