...Aaron Gilbrook; Yiyuan Ma; Ali Elham Purpose Revolutionary advances in aircraft technology and performance are needed for fuel-efficient and sustainable next-generation air transportation. This study aims to explore the influence of integrating distributed propulsion with ultra-high aspect ratio...

...Wojciech Chajec; Wieslaw A. Krzymien; Andreas Strohmayer Purpose The separation of energy conversion and propulsor is a promising aspect of hybrid-electric propulsion systems, allowing for increased installation efficiencies and setting the basis for distributed propulsion concepts. University...

... Julian Bijewitz can be contacted at: julian.bijewitz@bauhaus-luftfahrt.net 27 02 2015 27 02 2015 07 08 2015 Aircraft wake filling Boundary layer ingestion Conceptual aircraft design Propulsive fuselage Distributed propulsion European Commission FP7-323013...

... of the research that has been undertaken to tackle the aforementioned aerodynamic integration issues and, in this way, make viable the implementation of distributed propulsion systems with BLI. P. Laskaridis can be contacted at: P.Laskaridis@cranfield.ac.uk T = Temperature V = Velocity A = Area...

...Riti Singh; Howard Smith Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the challenges associated with the integration of an LH2-fuelled advanced hybrid-electric distributed propulsion system with the airframe. The airframe chosen as a case study is an ultra-high-capacity blended wing...

... Distributed propulsion Hybrid-electric ECC = Electricity conversion components The thermal requirements of high-power airborne electronics pose a variety of questions that warrant detailed investigation during the conceptual design phase of hybrid- and all-electric aircraft. The TMS can...

... to the airframe is considered to be one of the key factors to success. In particular, the concept of distributing the production of thrust along main components of the airframe is expected to allow for system-level synergies. One of the most promising concepts for distributed propulsion and aircraft wake filling...

...Riti Singh; Kevin Reynolds; Nhan Nguyen; Eric Ting; James Urnes Sr Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore innovative aircraft concepts that use flexible wings and distributed propulsion to significantly reduce fuel burn of future transport aircraft by exploiting multidisciplinary...

...Paulas Raja Sekaran; Amir S. Gohardani; Georgios Doulgeris; Riti Singh Purpose – This article aims to investigate a selected number of liquid hydrogen storage tank parameters in a turboelectric distributed propulsion concept. Design/methodology/approach – In this research study, tank...

... Aerospace technology Ceramics and glass technology Ceramic engines Sustainable transportation Unmanned air vehicle Conceptual UAV Distributed propulsion A=reliability of each engine Globally, the emission impact of these engines has been noteworthy (Demidov and Bonnet, 2009...