Andrea Cavini
Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Analysis of a Ducted Fan with a Variable Nozzle in an Over-the-Wing Configuration.
Rel. Gioacchino Cafiero, Francesco Avallone, Gaetano Iuso. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Aerospace Engineering, 2022
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Abstract
In recent years, hundreds of start-ups have emerged intending to extend urban and regional transport to a new vertical dimension, reducing the time taken to travel between two points and opening the door to countless applications for this new category of aircraft. To date, several e-VTOL architectures have been proposed, most of which employ propellers to generate lift and thrust. However, since the noise generated by these aircraft is a key element, research into propulsion solutions that limit the noise impact is essential. Among the proposed architectures, the most promising seems to be the Duct Electric Vectored Thrust (DEVT) as it would allow not only to reduce the noise produced but also to use the engine itself as a thrust vector system.
This thesis, developed in collaboration with the department of Flow Physics and Technology (FPT) at Delft University of Technology, aims to analyze and characterize the effect that a variable nozzle has on the fluid dynamics and aeroacoustics field of an electric ducted fan in an Over-the-Wing (OTW) configuration
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