28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-1.7.5

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY STUDY OF DISTRIBUTED PROPULSION SYSTEMS

H.-J. Steiner, A. Seitz, K. Wieczorek, K. Plötner, A. T. Isikveren, M. Hornung
Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V., Germany

Keywords: distributed propulsion, boundary layer ingestion, mdo

The paper discusses design and integration considerations involved when implementing distributed propulsion as a means of motive power for future aircraft concepts. Representative motive power system configurations are evaluated in terms of performance characteristics and compared to representative reference aircraft featuring a conventional architectural approach and assuming identical mission roles.

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