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Computational Assessment of the Benefits of Boundary Layer Ingestion for the D8 Aircraft

Author
Pandya, Shishir A.
Published
June 24, 2013.
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1 electronic document
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Uranga, Alejandra
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Summary
To substantially reduce the fuel burn of future commercial transportation aircraft, the boundary layer ingestion idea is investigated. The idea is that an engine placed in the wake of the aircraft it is propelling is more efficient than a conventional engine placement under the wing or on pods mounted to the rear of the fuselage. The top, rear of the fuselage is thus designed to act as a diffuser such that the engines can be placed there with a minimal nacelle. The boundary layer thickens over the rear of the fuselage such that a large portion of it is ingested by the fan. To assess whether the boundary layer ingesting (BLI) engine placement is indeed advantageous, a study of the nacelle aerodynamics is carried out using Overflow, a viscous CFD flow solver that uses overset meshes. The computed forces and moments are compared to a wind tunnel experiment for validation. Some aspects of the design are verified using the simulation results. Finally, the effect of the nacelle placement is assessed by comparing the BLI nacelle configuration to a podded nacelle configuration and to the unpowered (without nacelles) aircraft.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20140004910.
ARC-E-DAA-TN7392.
AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference; 24-27 Jun. 2013; San Diego, CA; United States.
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