This paper describes the preliminary design of a short-medium range windowless aircraft, with the aim to reduce fuselage weight. As a matter of fact, the aircraft weight reduction is the main element to reduce fuel consumption providing advantages in terms of operational costs reduction and environmental impact of the flight operations. An innovative solution based on OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology is considered to improve passengers’ comfort avoiding claustrophobic effects that can arise from the elimination of traditional windows. A traditional configuration is considered as reference: weight and cost reduction provided by the introduction of a windowless configuration are assessed by means of analytical study. Moreover, the preliminary design activity has been coupled with the development of a digital mock-up. A small-scale demonstrator of the selected configuration has been manufactured by means of a rapid prototyping technique.
Aircraft Preliminary Design: a Windowless Concept / Sara Bagassi; Francesca Lucchi; Franco Persiani. - ELETTRONICO. - (2015), pp. 211.1-211.7. (Intervento presentato al convegno CEAS 2015, 5th CEAS (Council of the European Aerospace Societies) Air&Space Conference tenutosi a Delft, The Netherlands nel 7-11 settembre 2015).
Aircraft Preliminary Design: a Windowless Concept
BAGASSI, SARA;LUCCHI, FRANCESCA;PERSIANI, FRANCO
2015
Abstract
This paper describes the preliminary design of a short-medium range windowless aircraft, with the aim to reduce fuselage weight. As a matter of fact, the aircraft weight reduction is the main element to reduce fuel consumption providing advantages in terms of operational costs reduction and environmental impact of the flight operations. An innovative solution based on OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology is considered to improve passengers’ comfort avoiding claustrophobic effects that can arise from the elimination of traditional windows. A traditional configuration is considered as reference: weight and cost reduction provided by the introduction of a windowless configuration are assessed by means of analytical study. Moreover, the preliminary design activity has been coupled with the development of a digital mock-up. A small-scale demonstrator of the selected configuration has been manufactured by means of a rapid prototyping technique.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.