Preliminary Assessment of a Distributed Electric Propulsion System for the SUSAN Electrofan

LM Machado, T Chau, GK Kenway… - AIAA SciTech 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-1748. vid The SUSAN Electrofan is
a new hybrid electric large regional jet aircraft concept being studied by NASA that …

Toward the Development of an Underwing Boundary Layer Ingesting Distributed Propulsion System for the SUSAN Electrofan

LM Machado, T Chau, J Duensing - AIAA SciTech 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
The SUSAN Electrofan is a new hybrid-electric regional jet aircraft being investigated by
NASA that leverages advanced propulsion technologies to reduce aviation energy usage …

High-Fidelity Aeropropulsive Assessment of Distributed Electric Propulsion and Boundary Layer Ingestion for the SUSAN Electrofan

T Chau, JL Anibal, BM Lowe, LM Machado… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
The Subsonic Single Aft Engine (SUSAN) Electrofan is a new hybrid electric 180 passenger
transport aircraft being developed at NASA, which aims to achieve significant reductions in …

Aeropropulsive Assessment of a BLI Tail-Cone Thruster Propulsion System for the NASA Common Research Model and a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Configuration

LM Machado, T Chau, J Duensing - AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents an investigation into the potential benefits of a boundary layer ingestion
(BLI) aft fuselage propulsion system, or tail-cone thruster (TCT), when applied to two …

Wall-Modeled Large Eddy Simulations of Transonic Buffet Over a Supercritical Airfoil

R Hass, JA Housman, GD Stich, E Sozer… - … FORUM AND ASCEND …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
A series of scale-resolving simulations of flow over the ONERA OAT15A airfoil have been
performed at an angle of attack of 3.5 degrees, just past the onset of buffet. The focus of this …

Development of 3D Flow Analysis Method for Multicopter Rotors by Combination of Blade Element Theory and Actuator Line Model

T Kawasaki, H Fujiwara, Y Tamaki, T Imamura… - AIAA SCITECH 2025 …, 2025 - arc.aiaa.org
The actuator line model (ALM), which models the rotor blade as a set of points with an
external force term, and the actuator disk model (ADM), which models the rotor as a disk with …

Comparing Methods to Extract Sectional Angle of Attack From Blade-Resolved Rotor Simulations

DG Caprace, M Mounier, DG Perez, PV Diaz… - … Rotorcraft Forum 2024, 2024 - ntrs.nasa.gov
The angle of attack is widely used to describe the aerodynamics of rotor blades. Models
based on lifting lines, actuator lines, and actuator disks use it as a primary variable …