01.1 - Aircraft Design and Integrated System (Basics and Theory)
EVALUATION OF ASWING FOR OVERALL AIRCRAFT DESIGN OF UNCONVENTIONAL CONFIGURATIONS. APPLICATION TO JOINED WINGS WITH FOLDING WINGTIPS
R. Jan¹, S. Delbecq¹, E. Benard¹; ¹ISAE-Supaero, France
This article compares the performance of a short-haul aircraft in two different configurations: a conventional configuration, such as the ATR72, and an innovative architecture involving distributed propulsion. Both configurations involve complex aerodynamic and aeroelastic phenomena that must be considered in the design process. To this end, ASWING, an aeroelastic analysis software package, has been coupled with FASTOAD, an aircraft design and optimization tool. This paper presents the methodology for experimentally validating the various tools and their use on the two architectures to determine which is the most promising.