Distributed Electric Propulsion : a Technology requiring Multi-Disciplinary Aircraft Design

Eric Nguyen Van (1, 2) , Philippe Pastor (1) , Carsten Döll (2) , Daniel Alazard (1)

1 DCAS - Département Conception et conduite des véhicules Aéronautiques et Spatiaux
2 DTIS, ONERA, Université de Toulouse [Toulouse]

Performance enhancement of Distributed Electric Propulsion for transport aircraft is discussed through an example case study: the reduction of vertical tail, replaced by additional control offered by differential thrust. The multidisciplinary aspects of this design and the means to treat them are presented.

Mots clés: Distributed Electric Propulsion; Multidisciplinary design; Differential thrust; Vertical tail reduction

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Eric Nguyen Van, Philippe Pastor, Carsten Döll, Daniel Alazard. Distributed Electric Propulsion : a Technology requiring Multi-Disciplinary Aircraft Design. More Electric Aircraf (MEA 2019), Feb 2019, Toulouse, France. pp.0, 2019. ⟨hal-02399886⟩