Pubblicazioni per Vittorio Cipolla

Abstract

The paper presents the phases and achievements of aerodynamic design activities carried out on a box-wing aircraft called PrandtlPlane, proposed as a sustainable solution for meeting the demanding requirements of fast-growing air transport. The activities are included in the PARSIFAL project ("Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement of Future AirpLanes"), funded by the European Union under the Horizon2020 Program.

Starting from the conceptual aerodynamic design of the PrandtlPlane architecture, the paper follows the development of the aerodynamic design, dealing with the preliminary definition of a reference configuration, whose performances have been evaluated with both low and high fidelity tools, and the optimization procedure for the improvement of cruise performance.

The PrandtlPlane is a box-wing aircraft based on Prandtl's studies on multiplane lifting systems. A box-wing designed according to the Prandtl "best wing system" minimizes the induced drag for given lift and span, and thus has the potential to reduce fuel consumption and noxious emissions.