Browsing by Author "Schreiner, B. Deneys J."

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    Performance, environmental, and mobility analysis of large capacity fast rotorcraft configurations for the European regional air traffic market
    (DGLR Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2023-09-07) Declerck, Laurent; Cruellas Bordes, Marc; Saias, Chana Anna; Nalianda, Devaiah; Schreiner, B. Deneys J.; Misté, Gianluigi A.; Dal Monte, Andrea; Benini, Ernesto; Junior, Alf
    Fast, large rotorcraft are of interest in the future European air transport system due to their runway independent operation and potential mobility improvements for the passenger. Both a tiltrotor and a coaxial compound concept model were developed for a 70 passenger, 500 NM design mission that would compete with regional fixed-wing aircraft. These models were flown along virtual trajectories representing possible use-cases and assessed for environmental performance in comparison to an in-service baseline aircraft using comparable engine technology levels. Further, the travel time and mobility improvement available to the intermodal transport network through the inclusion of these concept rotorcraft was examined with promising results. Future work is suggested to address the shortfall in environmental performance.
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    Robust aerodynamic design of nacelles for future civil aero-engines
    (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021-01-11) Schreiner, B. Deneys J.; Tejero, Fernando; MacManus, David G.; Sheaf, Christopher
    As the growth of aviation continues it is necessary to minimise the impact on the environment, through reducing NOx emissions, fuel-burn and noise. In order to achieve these goals, the next generation of Ultra-High Bypass Ratio engines are expected to increase propulsive efficiency through operating at reduced specific thrust. Consequently, there is an expected increase in fan diameter and the associated potential penalties of nacelle drag and weight. In order to ensure that these penalties do not negate the benefits obtained from the new engine cycles, it is envisaged that future civil aero-engines will be mounted in compact nacelles. While nacelle design has traditionally been tackled by multi-objective optimisation at different flight conditions within the cruise segment, it is anticipated that compact configurations will present larger sensitivity to off-design conditions. Therefore, a design method that considers the different operating conditions that are met within the full flight envelope is required for the new nacelle design challenge. The method is employed to carry out multi-point multi-objective optimisation of axisymmetric aero-lines at different transonic and subsonic operating conditions. It considers mid-cruise conditions, end-of-cruise conditions, the sensitivity to changes in flight Mach number, windmilling conditions with a cruise engine-out case and an engine-out diversion scenario. Optimisation routines were conducted for a conventional nacelle and a future aero-engine architecture, upon which the aerodynamic trade-offs between the different flight conditions are discussed. Subsequently, the tool has been employed to identify the viable nacelle design space for future compact civil aero-engines for a range of nacelle lengths.
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    Transonic nacelle design for future medium range aero-engines
    (ICAS, 2022-09-09) Schreiner, B. Deneys J.; MacManus, David; Tejero, Fernando; Sánchez Moreno, Francisco; Sheaf, Christopher T.
    It is expected that future civil aero-engines will operate at low specific thrust and high-bypass ratios to improve propulsive efficiency. This may result in an increment in fan diameter and associated weight and nacelle drag penalties. For this reason, these new architectures may use compact nacelles to meet the benefits of the new engine cycles. The aim of the current work is to evaluate the aerodynamic design and performance of compact nacelles for medium range, single-aisle aircraft with a cruise Mach number of M = 0.80. This work encompasses the 3D multi-point, multi-objective optimisation of nacelles by considering cruise conditions as well as a range of off-design requirements such as an increased cruise Mach number, a windmilling engineout diversion scenario and a windmilling end-of-runway case at high-incidence. This paper also explores the robustness and sensitivity of selected designs to flight Mach number (M), massflow capture ratio (MFCR) and angle of attack (AoA). The limits of the feasible design space for this new design challenge are identified. It is concluded that relative to a conventional aero-engine nacelle, the nacelle length (Lnac/rhi) can be reduced by approximately 13% with a mid-cruise drag reduction of 5.8%, whilst maintaining an acceptable aerodynamic performance at off-design conditions.