VortexCell2050
Fundamentals of actively controlled flows with trapped vorticesVortexCell2050 will deliver a new technological platform combining the two cutting-edge technologies, the trapped-vortex and the active flow control. The project outcomes will serve the designers of the next-generation thick-wing aircraft. Thick-wing, or blended wing-body, aircraft are identified as prospective for development over the next 50 years in the NASA and FAA commission report ``Securing the Future of U.S. Air Transportation: A System in Peril,' released in September 2003. Success of VortexCell2050 will ensure European Aeronautical Sector a leadership in a small but critical area, the importance of which will grow in the future with an increase in aircraft size. VortexCell2050 outputs will provide a valuable economical asset for the European Aeronautical Sector thus making the Sector an active player in the niche of trapped-vortex applications.VortexCell2050 exploitation route involves the application of the new technological platform to a relatively small High-Altitude Long-Endurance aircraft. This will demonstrate the opportunities for SMEs created by the new technology.
