PredictiOn, Assessment and ExpeRimental Validation of AeroservoelastiC Tools and Processes in Design of Novel and Flexible AIRcraft Configurations [ORCA-AIR]

航空领域存在着相互矛盾的挑战。一方面，空中交通正在增长，需要在保持或提高安全性的同时增加运力和缩短旅行时间，同时减少排放以减缓气候变化。很明显，在确保加拿大航空和相关供应链行业的竞争力的同时，进化解决方案不足以满足减少环境影响方面的挑战性目标。在寻找革命性解决方案的过程中，ORCA-AIR建议利用“设计、建造、测试和飞行”方面的知识、专业知识和实验设施，通过开发空气动力学高效的混合翼身飞机配置来支持绿色航空的发展。ORCA-AIR正在研究翼身混合飞机的配置，这将对未来清洁航空所需的两大重要杠杆产生影响：改善空气动力学和减轻重量。轻型混合翼身结构已被证明可以减少阻力和提高升力，从而有助于减少排放。更具体地说，目标是表征具有柔性机翼的BWB的气动伺服弹性行为，以实现关键性能，稳定性和控制要求，同时提高能量效率。

There are conflicting challenges in aeronautics. On one side, air traffic is growing, with the need to increase capacity and reduce travel time while maintaining or improving safety, and concurrently reduce emissions to mitigate climate change. It is evident that evolutionary solutions will not suffice to meet the challenging targets in terms of environmental impact reduction, while ensuring competitiveness of the Canadian aviation and associated supply chain industries. In the search for revolutionary solutions, ORCA-AIR proposes to leverage the knowledge, expertise and experimental facilities in 'design, build, test and fly' to buttress the development of green aviation with the development of an aerodynamically efficient blended-wing-body aircraft configuration.ORCA-AIR is proposing to study the blended-wing-body aircraft configuration that will impact on two significant levers for reduction of fuel burn needed for future clean aviation: improved aerodynamics and weight reduction. The lightweight blended-wing-body configuration has been shown to reduce drag and improve lift thus contributing to emissions reduction. More specifically, the goal is to characterize the aeroservoelastic behaviour of a BWB with flexible wings to achieve key performance, stability and control requirements, while improving energetic efficiency.