Synthesis of an Aircraft Featuring a Ducted-Fan Propulsive Empennage

Master thesis (2017)

Contributors

R. Vos (mentor)
N Van Arnhem (mentor)
Department
Flight Performance & Propulsion (Aerospace Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2017 N.H.M. van den Dungen
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Published Date

18-04-2017

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Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Department

Flight Performance & Propulsion

Abstract

A study is done to investigate the feasibility of the conceptual design of the Delft University Unconventional Configuration (DUUC), an aircraft featuring a ducted-fan propulsive empennage. This research is focused on ducted-fan performance analysis and aircraft longitudinal static stability and balance estimation. The aircraft design Initiator program is used to develop models of the DUUC, and a similar-sized conventional turboprop reference aircraft. A performance comparison of the baseline models, combined with a sensitivity analysis to the main ducted-fan design parameters, is performed to study the effect of the DUUC concept on the overall aircraft design.