Conceptual Design of Blended Wing Body Airliners Within a Semi-automated Design Framework

Blended wing body aircraft represent a paradigm shift in jet transport aircraft design. Stepping away from the conventional tube-and-wing philosophy, they promise benefits over existing or future conventional aircraft. The most significant challenge with the concept is the increased coupling between aircraft design disciplines that has...

The Oval Fuselage: A New Structural Design Concept for Blended Wing Body Cabins

Faced with the decreasing fossil fuel reserves and the need to decrease its environmental footprint, the aviation industry is searching for alternative fuels and more fuel efficient engines and aircraft. With the current designs reaching their limits, the industry has turned its attention to the family of all lifting bodies. Particularly blended...