Advances in the study of distortion warrant the consideration of non-axisymmetric flow field impacts on fan designs. The lack of a method that considers such impacts in early design motivates this work. An approach to ...

Conceptual design of boundary layer ingesting (BLI) aircraft requires a methodology that captures the aero-propulsive interactions in a parametric fashion. This entails modeling the impacts of BLI as a function of the ...

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) is identified as one of the preferred propulsion technologies for future manned missions to Mars and other interplanetary destinations. NTP systems can improve the returns and mitigate the ...

Testing critical loads during specific dynamic maneuvers is essential to aircraft structural design, and several such dynamic load cases must be demonstrated during the certification process. A simulation capability is ...

Following the conceptual phase of aircraft design, sizing and performance estimations shift from historical-based empirical equations to physics-based simulations. The initial aircraft configuration is refined with a larger ...

This study presents a methodology for the use of parametric Reduced Order Modeling (ROM) techniques to generate predictive models of hypersonic aerodynamic flow fields. The goal of this study is to synthesize a methodology ...

Rotor blades experience unsteady forces and aerodynamic losses when operating in a distorted inflow. The structural analysis of rotors under these conditions, therefore, is of prime importance during the early design phase. ...

The rise of electric aircraft propulsion methods, the increased use of automated and integrated flight control systems, and the envisioned use of personal Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) vehicles in urban environments ...

In typical multidisciplinary design optimization problems, with varying missions, aerodynamic data, engine data, Thermal Management Systems (TMS), and other parameters it can take upwards of millions of runs to cover the ...

Air Mobility (AM) operating models have steadily made their way into public conscience over the past decade due to increased research activity pioneered by large technology corporations such as Uber and Amazon. Estimates ...