Winglet optimization for the Grob G180 SPn business jet
At a glance
- Project leader : Prof. Dr. Leonardo Manfriani
- Project team : Prof. Dr. Egon Lang
- Project budget : CHF 82'150
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Third party (GROB Aerospace)
- Project partner : Grob Aerospace (D)
- Contact person : Leonardo Manfriani
Description
This project consisted in an aerodynamic study commissioned by
an aircraft manufacture to the Center for Aviation. The task was to
develop new winglets for a light business jet with the aim of
reducing the drag in cruise.
First of all a preliminary optimisation was conducted with an
efficient analysis method, to identify in the shorter possible time
the most promising geomerical configurations. One of these was
selected for further development, consisting in the opimisation of
the profiles in the transonic flight regime and a validation with
Navier-Stokes calculations at different Mach numbers and angles of
attack.