25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.6.4

REPRESENTATION OF STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS IN BLENDED WING BODY PRELIMINARY DESIGN

L. U. Hansen, W. Heinze*, P. Horst
TU Braunschweig, Germany; *Institute of Aircraft Design and Lightweight Structures

Keywords: Blended Wing Body (BWB), flying wing, structural design, preliminary design

The structural analysis of Blended Wing Body aircraft is shown in the context of an automatic preliminary design process with the design program PrADO. The weight prediction method based on a Finite Element Analysis is presented as well as the impact of structural variations on overall aircraft characteristics and weight.

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