Development, Model Generation and Analysis of a Flying V Structure Concept

The Flying V, a concept aircraft configuration, has been proposed by Airbus and TU Berlin. The initial indications of potential improvements in performance over conventional aircraft gave rise to a continuation of the research. For this, the mass characteristics of the configuration must be explored. <br/><br/>A primary structure concept is...

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...

A hybrid method for the interior and exterior design of blended-wing-body cabins

Considering the fact that all large commercial aircraft have not changed significantly in their tube–and–wing shape during the past few decades, one would suggest that a completely different configuration is necessary to facilitate a new leap forward in aircraft performance. The blended–wing–body is potentially such an alternative configuration....