CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STUDIES OF UNCONVENTIONAL CONFIGURATIONS

Abstract

The potential of unconventional configurations to reduce the fuel consumption of future aircraft is investigated in the European Clean Sky 2 (ITD Airframe) ONERA-DLR project NACOR (New Aircraft Concepts Research - Call for Core Partners Wave 1). Two design missions are considered: a short/medium range mission (SMR) based on the requirements of an Airbus A320, and a business jet (BJ) mission. In this paper, an overview of the activities considering the conceptual aircraft design phase including initial high fidelity studies is provided