Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft Platform Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop 27/28 November 2006 - Budapest

1. Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft Platform Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop 27/28 November 2006 - Budapest

2. SFWA : Background & Approach Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

3. Technical Organisation Engines Smart fixed-wing Aircraft Smart fixed-wing Regional Transport Smart Rotorcraft Demonstrators for engines from small to large aircraft and rotorcraft SmartAircraft demonstrator Green regional demonstrator Green rotorcraft demonstrator Systems Energy management, Silent and Agile, Optimised Mission Demonstrators Vehicle Platforms Eco-design Life-cycle demonstrator of representative Components Clean Sky technology evaluator Transverse Platforms for all vehicles Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

4. SFWA - Rationale & Content • Rationale Create the basis for a step change of large transport aircraft performance and environmental compatibility - with the aim of achieving the ACARE 2020 targets - by: • Re-thinking the wing and aircraft architectures and components in a fully multi-disciplinary approach, • Validating the best down-selected candidates on a representative vehicle(s). • Content Today, innovative technologies, concepts & capabilities indicate that they have the potential to demonstrate a step change in critical areas of fuel consumption & noise emissions. They will be pushed forward in a multi-loop development & down-selection process with a final proof-of-concept on large representative demonstrators. To this end the SFWA platform will integrate an Active Wing and Innovative Airframe Concept Technologies Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

5. SFWA - Impact • The Platform will provide the most suitable means of drawing together current research activities at national and European level in a flagship project that will pave the way for the next generation of European products. • The Platform will have a leverage effect on the future R&T investments in the domain of Flight Physics. Outside “Clean Sky”, R&T projects will be launched to complement the activities and reinforce the potential impact of the technology on new European products. • Such a Platform will represent a critical mass of activities that enable the step changes. Universities, research centres and SME will provide the broad range of skill, knowledge and competence to design, manufacture, simulate, wind tunnel test and flight test the demonstrator. Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

6. SFWA - Integrated Approach • Active Wing Technology • Active Flow Control for Improved Cruise & Low Speed Performance • Active Load Control for Reduce Aircraft Mass • Innovative Aircraft Configuration Concepts • New Active Wing† Configuration – Integrated Active Flow & Load Control • Other Innovative Configuration Concepts:- • New engine configurations (e.g. RFN, open rotor, …) • New empennage. † Wing = Wing plus Engine, Pylon & Nacelle Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

7. SFWA: Active Wing Concept Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

8. Active Wing Concept - Rationale Scope • Design, manufacture & flight test of an integrated Smart Wing†containing:- • Active Flow Control for improved cruise & low-speed performance • Active Load Control for reduced aircraft mass & improved ride comfort & safety Objectives • Develop the tools to design in the presence of Active Flow & Load Control • Develop a robust sensor-actuator architecture for combined Active Flow & Load Control • Address Certification issues associated with advanced Active Flow & Load Control systems • Flight demonstrate the benefits of an integrated AFC / ALC wing Deliverables & Benefits • Flight-proven architecture for an advanced Active Flow & Load Control wing • Flight-proven confidence in the potential benefits of the Active Flow & Load Control concept • Reductions in fuel burn, structural weight, maintenance & system complexity & cost • Improvements in ride comfort & safety † Wing = Wing plus Engine, Pylon & Nacelle Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

9. Active Wing – Overall Concept One network of “Sensors & Actuators” to actively manage the airflow and loads across the whole flight regime low drag low mass improved ride comfort low complexity Massively distributed systems (Sensors & Actuators) for fidelity & fault tolerance Clean wing & nacelle No movables or conventional devices a) Far Field b) Near Field c) Boundary Layer d) Surface Note: Should have a tail!!! Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

10. Active Wing – Actuator Technologies Range of Actuators or Effectors Distribution and Action Dependant Upon Application Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

11. SFWA: New Configurations Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

12. New Configuration – Active Wing • Active Wing Configuration - Integrate AFC / ALC into OAD • Objectives • Provide the platform by which the necessary multi-disciplinary tools & strategies for the integration of AFC & ALC into overall aircraft design will be developed. • Address Certification issues (e.g. with new systems like AFC / ALC). • Deliverables • Flight-proven architecture for a smart AFC / ALC wing, & confidence of potential benefits. • Benefits • Robust information on contributions of new technologies to reduced fuel burn & noise, as well as cost reduction potentials in design, manufacturing, maintenance and operation. • Identification of technology maturity levels; down-selection of best candidate technologies for next product. Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

13. New Configuration – Innovative Airframe Concepts Innovative Powerplants - Integration into OAD / Noise Shielding The Sustainable Aircraft Green Engine platform may deliver unprecedented low levels of fuel burn & noise, but may require a substantially modified aircraft configuration & architecture in order to maximise the potential benefit. • Objectives • Develop concepts for the integration of innovative power plants - UHBPR, Unducted / Ducted Fan, Contra Propeller etc. - at overall aircraft design level. • Address Certification issues (e.g. disc-burst / blade-off) and requirements. • Deliverables • Selection matrix of new design principles for different powerplant concepts. • Benefits • Integration concepts that maximise the fuel burn & noise emission reductions of new engines. • Identification of technology maturity level; down-selection of technologies for next product. Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

14. New Configuration – Innovative Airframe Concepts • New Empennage • Objectives • Develop alternative empennage solutions with respect to integration at overall aircraft design level, including integration with new innovative powerplants. • Assess & validate static & dynamic aerodynamic & loads behaviours and structural concept for down-selected solutions, within the entire flight envelop. • Deliverables • Empennage selection matrix for different airframe / powerplant configurations. • Proof-of-concept demonstrator with flight worthy aero, structure & system design. • Benefits • Robust information on contributions of different concepts to reduced fuel burn, noise, weight & system complexity, as well as cost reduction potentials in design, manufacturing, maintenance and operation. Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

15. SFWA: Demonstrator Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

16. Demonstrator - Objectives • Active Wing Technology To deliver:- • Mature “ready to use” technologies and methods to apply the most efficient Active Flow & Load Control to future aircraft. • Flight-proven integrated architecture for an Active Flow & Load Control wing. • Innovative Aircraft Configuration Concepts To deliver:- • Flight-proven integrated new wing including Active Flow & Load Control. • Flight-proven integration of other major innovative components – such as powerplant & empennage – into one or two new overall aircraft configurations. Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

17. Demonstrator - Characteristics • Large:Sufficient in overall size to reach the necessary flight Re numbers. • Fast:Cruise speeds into the transonic regime, typically in to a cruise region of M0.8-0.85. • Modular:We should have a fuselage section with suitable interfaces (structural & system) to allow replacement of wings & empennage. • Sustainable:Should not be a one off, but some thing that will be a long term facility, allowing us to experiment cheaply with new technologies in flow, load & flight mechanics. • Potentialdemonstrator platforms:- • Large UAV • A320 • Dassault Falcon Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

18. SFWA: Platform Structure & Top Level Planning Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

19. Overall Programme Planning Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Mature Flow & Loads Control Technologies and “Assemble” into an Integrated Active Wing Concept Design Design, Build and Integrate the Active Demonstrator Components onto the Core Tests and Validate Active Wing Technologies and configurations Selection and Mature New Configurations Concepts and “Assemble” in an Integrated Active Aircraft design Analysis Report Definition, Selection,Design, Build and Validate the Core Demonstrator Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

20. SFWA: Concluding Remarks Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

21. Concluding Remarks The Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft platform within the “Clean Sky” JTI programme aims at creating a step change in aircraft performance & environmental compatibility, by:- • Accelerating the pace of development of key technologies such as Active Flow & Load Control, & the development of a Smart or Active Wing, • Evaluating other innovative aircraft configuration concepts, such as empennage & powerplant integration, • And providing flight-proven confidence in such new technologies & their improvement potentials. The Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft programme presents a unique opportunity & a crucial key step towards achieving the ACARE 2020 targets. Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006

22. for Aeronautics & Air Transport Joint Technology Initiative Clean Sky Thank You Hungarian Aeronautical Research Workshop November 2006