Application of Power Balance Method to CFD

A formulation based on the evaluation of power conversions within the system allows to overcome the limitations of conventional momentum analyses to study tightly coupled airframe-propulsion configurations such as Boundary Layer Ingestion. The so-called power balance method is applied in a CFD framework to gain insight about the application of...

Aero-propulsive performance analysis of fuselage for boundary layer ingestion

Aircraft fuel efficiency, noise, and emissions are some of the most important aspects being addressed in the research of novel aircraft configurations for meeting the future requirements of the aviation industry. One concept which has the potential for improving the aircraft fuel efficiency is called the boundary layer ingestion (BLI)....