Experimental methodology for aircraft flow losses (A01)

• Subject Area: Fluid Mechanics
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 498601949

This project will design and realize a high-fidelity, medium scale wind tunnel experiment, including an ex-changeable rear fuselage with force measurement and Electric Propulsor Simulators (EPS) for SynTrac’s 1a configuration. In close cooperation with other projects the data generated with the model in the Propulsion Test Facility (PTF) tunnel will be used to validate the Power Balance method and thus help to close gap in thrust-drag bookkeeping for highly integrated propulsion systems. This will allow for full consideration and assessment of new airframe-to-propulsion interface technologies such as BLI, thrust vectoring and heat management.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 364: Synergies of Highly Integrated Transport Aircraft - SynTrac
• Major Instrumentation: E-Motors, Power Electronics, rakes ; Wing manufacturing internal balance, instrumentation, EPS calibration
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Braunschweig
• Project Head: Professor Dr.-Ing. Jens Friedrichs