Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement of Future AirpLanes

Project Information

PARSIFAL

Grant agreement ID: 723149

DOI

10.3030/723149

Project closed

EC signature date 4 April 2017

Start date 1 May 2017

End date 31 July 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost

€ 2 955 706,25

EU contribution

€ 2 955 706,25

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DI PISA
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

Report on operational and economic assessment

Analysis of the economic and logistics impact for transport operators (This document is accessible to Advisory Board members too.)

Advanced flight control concepts for the PrandtlPlane to increase safety and passenger comfort

Exploration of the potential for advanced flight control concepts (e.g.: direct lift control and direct side-force control) and evaluation of possible expansion of the flight envelope

Aircraft performance analysis and mission profile optimization

Definition of optimum mission profiles for PrPs whilst taking into account actual constraints (air traffic control, block time, etc.)

Report on socio-economic scenarios and expectations

Forecasting of air passenger demand for identifying the relevant and deriving future demand prognostics (This document is accessible to Advisory Board members too)

Preliminary design of the reference PrandtlPlane

Conceptual design of the PrP configuration, including a preliminary analysis of system integration

Requirements for the adoption of the PrandtlPlane as mean of transport

Definition of Top Level Aircraft Requirements according to the identified reference Air Transport System (This document is accessible to Advisory Board members too)

Aerodynamic and acoustic analysis of the baseline PrandtlPlane

Aerodynamic analysis of the reference PrP in cruise, low-speed conditions (including acoustics), longitudinal stability and control surface effectiveness.

Feasibility study on the use of very large bypass ratio turbofan engines for the PrandtlPlane

Feasibility study on the use of very large bypass ratio turbofan engines for the PrandtlPlane (TUD, M30)

PrandtlPlane performance analysis and scaling procedures

Performance analysis from both Aircraft and the Air Transport System perspectives and definition of criteria for the performance prediction the of different size PrP

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Publications

Conference proceedings (11)

PRELIMINARY TAKE-OFF ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION FOR A PRANDTLPLANE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT

Author(s): K. Abu Salem, G. Palaia, V. Cipolla, V. Binante
Published in: AIDAA 2019 Conference Proceedings, 2019
Publisher: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics

A Hybrid, configuration-agnostic approach to aircraft control surface sizing

Author(s): C. Varriale, A.Raju Kulkarni1, G. La Rocca, M. Voskuijl
Published in: AIDAA 2019 Conference Proceedings, 2019
Publisher: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Aerodynamic and Acoustic analysis of a preliminary PrandtlPlane configuration within the framework of the PARSIFAL project

Author(s): Carini, Marco; Méheut, Michaël; Sanders, Laurent
Published in: AIDAA 2019 Conference Proceedings, 2019
Publisher: Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica (AIDAA)

Aerodynamic design and preliminary optimization of a commercial PrandtlPlane aircraft

Author(s): ABU SALEM, Karim; CIPOLLA, Vittorio; CARINI, Marco; MEHEUT, Michael; KANELLOPOULOS, Stylianos; BINANTE, Vincenzo; MAGANZI, Marco
Published in: EUCASS 2019 Conference Proceedings, 2019
Publisher: EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR AERONAUTICS AND SPACE SCIENCES (EUCASS)
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2019-741

Comparative Design and Sensitivity studies on box-wing airplanes

Author(s): R.J.M. Elmendorp, G. La Rocca
Published in: AIDAA 2019 Conference Proceedings, 2019
Publisher: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics

On the preliminary design of PrandtlPlane civil transport aircraft

Author(s): Frediani Aldo, Vittorio Cipolla, Karim Abu Salem, Marco Picchi Scardaoni
Published in: EUCASS 2017 Conference Proceedigns, 2017
Publisher: European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences (EUCASS)
DOI: 10.13009/EUCASS2017-546

Conceptual design of a box-wing aircraft for the air transport of the future

Author(s): Vittorio Cipolla, Aldo Frediani, Karim Abu Salem, Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Alessio Nuti, Vincenzo Binante
Published in: 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2018, ISBN 978-1-62410-556-2
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2018-3660

Overall Preliminary Sizing and Optimization of the Metallic Structures of a PrandtlPlane Civil Transport Aircraft

Author(s): PICCHI SCARDAONI, MARCO CIPOLLA, VITTORIO BINANTE, VINCENZO
Published in: EUCASS 2019, 2019
Publisher: EUCASS
DOI: 10.13009/eucass2019-802

Trim for Maximum Control Authority using the Attainable Moment Set

Author(s): Carmine Varriale, Mark Voskuijl, Leo L. Veldhuis
Published in: AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020, ISBN 978-1-62410-595-1
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-1265

Preliminary design and performance analysis of a box-wing transport aircraft

Author(s): Vittorio Cipolla, Karim Abu Salem, Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Vincenzo Binante
Published in: AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020, ISBN 978-1-62410-595-1
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-0267

Aerodynamic analysis and optimization of a boxwing architecture for commercial airplanes

Author(s): Marco Carini, Michael Meheut, Stylianos Kanellopoulos, Vittorio Cipolla, Karim Abu Salem
Published in: AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020, ISBN 978-1-62410-595-1
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-1285

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Preliminary Take-Off Analysis and Simulation of PrandtlPlane Commercial Aircraft

Author(s): K. Abu Salem, G. Palaia, M. Bianchi, D. Zanetti, V. Cipolla, V. Binante
Published in: Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, Issue 99/3, 2020, Page(s) 203-216, ISSN 2524-6968
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s42496-020-00056-0

A general global-local modelling framework for the deterministic optimisation of composite structures

Author(s): Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Marco Montemurro
Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2020, ISSN 1615-147X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-020-02586-4

Multi-scale optimisation of thin-walled structures by considering a global/local modelling approach

Author(s): Michele I Izzi, Marco Montemurro, Anita Catapano, Daniele Fanteria, Jérôme Pailhès
Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2020, Page(s) 095441002093933, ISSN 0954-4100
Publisher: Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/0954410020939338

PrandtlPlane wing-box least-weight design: A multi-scale optimisation approach

Author(s): Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Marco Montemurro, Enrico Panettieri
Published in: Aerospace Science and Technology, Issue 106, 2020, Page(s) 106156, ISSN 1270-9638
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2020.106156

Blending constraints for composite laminates in polar parameters space

Author(s): Enrico Panettieri, Marco Montemurro, Anita Catapano
Published in: Composites Part B: Engineering, Issue 168, 2019, Page(s) 448-457, ISSN 1359-8368
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.03.040

Multi-scale Least-Weight Design of a Wing-Box Through a Global/Local Modelling Approach

Author(s): Enrico Panettieri, Marco Montemurro, Daniele Fanteria, Francesco Coccia
Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2020, ISSN 0022-3239
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10957-020-01693-y

New blending constraints and a stack-recovery strategy for the multi-scale design of composite laminates

Author(s): Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Marco Montemurro, Enrico Panettieri, Anita Catapano
Published in: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2020, ISSN 1615-147X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-020-02725-x

Preliminary stability analysis methods for PrandtlPlane aircraft in subsonic conditions

Author(s): Vittorio Cipolla, Karim Abu Salem, Filippo Bachi
Published in: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Issue 91/3, 2019, Page(s) 525-537, ISSN 1748-8842
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1108/AEAT-12-2017-0284

A Generalized Approach to Operational, Globally Optimal Aircraft Mission Performance Evaluation, with Application to Direct Lift Control

Author(s): Sam de de Wringer, Carmine Varriale, Fabrizio Oliviero
Published in: Aerospace, Issue 7/9, 2020, Page(s) 134, ISSN 2226-4310
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/aerospace7090134

WAGNER: a new code for parametrical structural study of fuselages of civil transport aircraft

Author(s): A. Frediani, V. Cipolla, V. Binante, K. Abu Salem, M. Maganzi
Published in: Aerotecnica, Missili & Spazio, Issue Vol. 96, N. 3, 2017, Page(s) 136-147, ISSN 0365-7442
Publisher: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA)
DOI: 10.19249/ams.v96i3.311

Preliminary transonic CFD analyses of a PrandtlPlane transport aircraft

Author(s): Cipolla Vittorio, Frediani Aldo, Abu Salem Karim, Binante Vincenzo, Rizzo Emanuele, Maganzi Marco
Published in: Transportation Research Procedia, Issue 29, 2018, Page(s) 82-91, ISSN 2352-1465
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2018.02.008

Design of a Fuselage-Mounted Main Landing Gear of a Medium-Size Civil Transport Aircraft

Author(s): Alessio Nuti, Francesco Bertini, Vittorio Cipolla, Gianpietro Di Rito
Published in: Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, Issue Vol. 97, N. 2, 2018, Page(s) 85-95, ISSN 0365-7442
Publisher: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA)
DOI: 10.19249/ams.v97i2.341

PARSIFAL Project: a breakthrough innovation in air transport

Author(s): Karim Abu Salem, Vincenzo Binante, Vittorio Cipolla, Marco Maganzi
Published in: Aerotecnica, Missili & Spazio, Issue Vol. 97, N. 1, 2018, Page(s) 40-46, ISSN 0365-7442
Publisher: Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA)
DOI: 10.19249/ams.v97i1.337

Conceptual design of PrandtlPlane civil transport aircraft

Author(s): A Frediani, Vittorio Cipolla, K Abu Salem, V Binante, M Picchi Scardaoni
Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2019, Page(s) 095441001982643, ISSN 0954-4100
Publisher: Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/0954410019826435

Analytical and Finite Element Approach for the In-plane Study of Frames of Non-conventional Civil Aircraft

Author(s): Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Aldo Frediani
Published in: Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, Issue 98/1, 2019, Page(s) 45-61, ISSN 0365-7442
Publisher: AIDAA
DOI: 10.1007/s42496-018-00004-z

A multi-scale two-level optimisation strategy integrating a global/local modelling approach for composite structures

Author(s): Michele Iacopo Izzi, Marco Montemurro, Anita Catapano, Jérôme Pailhès
Published in: Composite Structures, Issue 237, 2020, Page(s) 111908, ISSN 0263-8223
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.111908

A general isogeometric polar approach for the optimisation of variable stiffness composites: Application to eigenvalue buckling problems

Author(s): G.A. Fiordilino, M.I. Izzi, M. Montemurro
Published in: Mechanics of Materials, 2020, Page(s) 103574, ISSN 0167-6636
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2020.103574

Convex or non-convex? On the nature of the feasible domain of laminates

Author(s): Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Marco Montemurro
Published in: European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 2020, Page(s) 104112, ISSN 0997-7538
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2020.104112

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

The Project “Parsifal”: Prandtlplane Architecture For The Sustainable Improvement Of Future Airplanes

Author(s): Vittorio Cipolla, Aldo Frediani, Karim Abu Salem, Marco Picchi Scardaoni, Vincenzo Binante
Published in: MATEC Web of Conferences, Issue 304, 2019, Page(s) 01024, ISSN 2261-236X
Publisher: MATEC
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/201930401024