This paper presents the CFD simulation of a novel airship con-cept that can change the external volume and shape as a func-tion of altitude. This novel concept of airship defined in the MAAT project (the project of a stratospheric cruiser/feeder airship) is necessary for two fundamental reasons: minimizing risks due to the use of hydrogen as buoyant gas and reducing the power necessity for propulsion. The unconventional feeder system has been analyzed from ground level up to 16,000 m, which the desired operative altitude of the cruiser.

CFD analysis and optimization of a variable shape airship / Dumas, Antonio; Trancossi, Michele; Pascoa, J; Madonia, Mauro; Ilieva, G; Coppola, Agostino. - STAMPA. - 7:D(2012), pp. 161-166. (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012 tenutosi a Houston TX nel November 9-15 2012) [10.1115/IMECE2012-87375].

CFD analysis and optimization of a variable shape airship

DUMAS, Antonio;TRANCOSSI, MICHELE;MADONIA, MAURO;COPPOLA, AGOSTINO
2012

Abstract

This paper presents the CFD simulation of a novel airship con-cept that can change the external volume and shape as a func-tion of altitude. This novel concept of airship defined in the MAAT project (the project of a stratospheric cruiser/feeder airship) is necessary for two fundamental reasons: minimizing risks due to the use of hydrogen as buoyant gas and reducing the power necessity for propulsion. The unconventional feeder system has been analyzed from ground level up to 16,000 m, which the desired operative altitude of the cruiser.
2012
ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012
Houston TX
November 9-15 2012
7
161
166
Dumas, Antonio; Trancossi, Michele; Pascoa, J; Madonia, Mauro; Ilieva, G; Coppola, Agostino
CFD analysis and optimization of a variable shape airship / Dumas, Antonio; Trancossi, Michele; Pascoa, J; Madonia, Mauro; Ilieva, G; Coppola, Agostino. - STAMPA. - 7:D(2012), pp. 161-166. (Intervento presentato al convegno ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2012 tenutosi a Houston TX nel November 9-15 2012) [10.1115/IMECE2012-87375].
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