26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-5.4.3

CONTROLLABILITY OF BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT

M. Voskuijl, G. La Rocca, F. Dircken
TU Delft, Netherlands

Keywords: Blended wing body, Flight mechanics, Handling Qualities, Design

The aim of the research is the development of a tool that automatically generates a nonlinear flight mechanics model of a Blended Wing Body aircraft within a Multidisciplinary Design Optimization framework. The purpose of the model is to assess controllability in the conceptual design phase via desktop and piloted simulation.

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