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Multi-point aerodynamic shape optimisation

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Other
Project Acronym
AEROSHAPE
STRIA Roadmaps
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Transport mode
Airborne icon
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Background & Policy context

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In the ongoing competition for increased shares of the commercial transport aircraft world market, a continuous effort is made to design and produce more cost effective and environmentally-friendly aircraft.

Objectives

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The AEROSHAPE project aimed to increase efficiency by introducing more effective numerical optimisation tools in aircraft design that made it possible to drive down the aircraft drag to minimum levels for specified conditions. This meant fuel consumption levels were also minimised leading to reduced emission of polluting exhaust gases.

The new aerodynamics optimisation tools were in line with the general tendency when designing new aircraft to make extensive computational studies of the flow around the aircraft. More thoroughly analysed and optimised shapes would reduce tendencies towards bad local flow situations, like separation, and unsteady flows that could be sources of fatigue problems during the lifetime of an aircraft.

Methodology

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Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission, Directorate-General for Research (DG Research)
Type of funding
Public (EU)

Results

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The main outcome of the project was the implementation of the most advanced technologies into the current aerodynamic optimisation systems of the industrial partners, in close collaboration with research institutes. In a successive phase, these technologies were integrated into large multidisciplinary systems used for the product optimisation process. Modern aerodynamic optimisation methods also have a potential in other fields of applications such as turbine and ship hull development work.

 

 

 

The achievements of the AEROSHAPE project provided efficient simulation tools for aerodynamic shape optimisation/drag reduction. This contributed to an increase of aircraft performance and thus to an improvement in safety of

Partners

Lead Organisation
EU Contribution
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Partner Organisations
EU Contribution
€0

Technologies

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