Assessment of turbo-electric propulsion architectures for aircraft

研究将集中在分布式推进的评估上。将考虑几种推进结构。需求将由预期的应用程序定义。将研究其短期、中期和长期应用。重点将放在空气动力学、推进和能量管理之间的协同作用上，以研究如何通过使用分布式推进来扩展飞机的设计空间。研究的技术包括但不限于边界层吸入、螺旋桨滑流、混合涡轮电力推进和变循环。还建议考虑技术经济和风险分析，以提供对所研究的技术和概念的整体看法。最终的成果和贡献将包括开发新的多学科和多保真工具，这些工具能够捕捉高度集成推进系统的协同作用。将提供与研究中所包括的技术和概念的发展和应用有关的宝贵数据和结论。

The research will focus on the assessment of distributed propulsion. Several propulsion architectures will be considered. The requirements will be defined by the intended application. Short, medium and long range applications will be studied. Emphasis will be given to the projected synergies between aerodynamics, propulsion, and energy management to study how the design space of the aircraft considered can be expanded through the use of distributed propulsion. The technologies to be investigated include but are not limited to boundary layer ingestion, propeller slipstream, hybrid turboelectc propulsion and variable cycles. It is also proposed that a techno-economic and risk analysis is considered to provide a holistic view of the technologies and concepts researched. Final deliverable and contributions will include the development of novel multidisciplinary and multifidelity tools that are able to capture the synergies of highly integrated propulsion systems. Valuable data and conclusions related to the development and application of technologies and concepts included in the research, will become available.