25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-3.7.1

THE AC20.30 BLENDED WING BODY CONFIGURATION: DEVELOPMENT & CURRENT STATUS 2006

A. Schmidt, H. Brunswig
HAW Hamburg, Germany

Keywords: BWB, CFD, flight testing, wind tunnel

The AC20.30 Blended Wing Body configuration was conceptualized and built at the HAW Hamburg to study next generation civil transports. New cabin concepts are being developed. The aerodynamics are studied on a 3.24m span flying model by comparison of data gained from CFD, wind tunnel and flight testing.

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