Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail Airliners
The future of aviation depends on reducing the environmental impact of the aircraft. Unconventional configurations can be the change the industry needs to achieve that goal. Therefore, the development of a tool that allows analyzing these configurations will contribute to their being considered more...
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| author | Alejandro Sanchez-Carmona Cristina Cuerno-Rejado |
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| description | The future of aviation depends on reducing the environmental impact of the aircraft. Unconventional configurations can be the change the industry needs to achieve that goal. Therefore, the development of a tool that allows analyzing these configurations will contribute to their being considered more easily in future designs. This design procedure is based on an aerodynamic model and a weight methodology validated for unconventional tail designs. The load cases selected to size the structure were extracted from the certification regulations in force. In order to validate the methodology, the V-tail configuration was selected as a case study. The fuel savings reached with this tail configurations are around 0.7%, and the reduction in NO<i><sub>x</sub></i> emissions are even greater. Thus, the methodology has been validated and it can be easily adapted to other unconventional tail configurations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-942446e1eaf940c5935536943e8a53132023-11-22T02:01:56ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102021-06-018717510.3390/aerospace8070175Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail AirlinersAlejandro Sanchez-Carmona0Cristina Cuerno-Rejado1Department of Aircraft and Spacecraft, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Aircraft and Spacecraft, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainThe future of aviation depends on reducing the environmental impact of the aircraft. Unconventional configurations can be the change the industry needs to achieve that goal. Therefore, the development of a tool that allows analyzing these configurations will contribute to their being considered more easily in future designs. This design procedure is based on an aerodynamic model and a weight methodology validated for unconventional tail designs. The load cases selected to size the structure were extracted from the certification regulations in force. In order to validate the methodology, the V-tail configuration was selected as a case study. The fuel savings reached with this tail configurations are around 0.7%, and the reduction in NO<i><sub>x</sub></i> emissions are even greater. Thus, the methodology has been validated and it can be easily adapted to other unconventional tail configurations.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/8/7/175unconventional tailaircraft designenvironmental impactV-tail |
| spellingShingle | Alejandro Sanchez-Carmona Cristina Cuerno-Rejado Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail Airliners Aerospace unconventional tail aircraft design environmental impact V-tail |
| title | Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail Airliners |
| title_full | Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail Airliners |
| title_fullStr | Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail Airliners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail Airliners |
| title_short | Design Process and Environmental Impact of Unconventional Tail Airliners |
| title_sort | design process and environmental impact of unconventional tail airliners |
| topic | unconventional tail aircraft design environmental impact V-tail |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/8/7/175 |
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