SE2A

Prandtlplane ARchitecture for the Sustainable Improvement of Future AirpLanes

Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) + TUD internal funds

Duration: 2020-2023

Project partners: Technical University of Braunschweig, DLR, Leibniz University Hannover, Braunschweig University of Art, National Metrology Institute of Germany. Delft University of Technology is involved in the project as international; guest through a cooperation with Technical University of Braunschweig.

Team

Objective

The Cluster of Excellence SE²A (Sustainable and energy-efficient aviation) is an interdisciplinary research center in Germany with the purpose of investigating technologies for a sustainable and eco-friendly air transport system. Scientists from aerospace, electrical, energy and chemical engineering are working on the reduction of emissions and noise, as well as recycling and life-cycle concepts for airframes and improvements in air traffic management.

We contribute to the cluster’s research on propeller technologies, with a research project on high-lift propellers (1st funding round; B1.5) and propeller-propeller interaction noise (2nd funding round; B1.3). These projects involve wind-tunnel experiments with distributed propellers and multi-element wing models, as well as CFD analyses.

More information about the project is available on the project website