Studies on propulsion and on-board systems matching in agile project distributed collaborative MDO environment applying for advanced regional and medium haul jet

Abstract

The article deals with the evaluation of the influences of the electrification of the aircraft On-Board Systems on Propulsion System performance. In particular, four system architectures have been proposed, each one with a different level of electrification. The influences have been also analysed at aircraft level including a regional and a medium haul reference aircraft. The analysis is carried out using the distributed and collaborative MDAO environment developed in the framework of the AGILE research project. At the end, different behaviours have been observed for the two reference aircraft indicating a different trend in systems matching