Framework of conceptual design methodology for hybrid buoyant aircraft

• Main Authors: UlHaque, Anwar, Asrar, Waqar, Omar, Ashraf Ali, Sulaeman, Erwin, Mohamed Ali, Jaffar Syed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica, Sede di Pisa 2016
• Subjects: TL500 Aeronautics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/52613/1/Framework%20for%20design%20of%20HBA%20-%20Aerotecnica%20missili.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52613/; http://131.114.27.37/index.php/AMS/article/view/273
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

For economic and `green' transportation, the concept of hybrid buoyant aircraft has recently become a research focus in the aerospace community. In the present work, a methodology is proposed to aid in the conceptual design of such aircraft, powered by internal combustion engines with either liquid hydrogen or gasoline as a fuel. Special emphasis is given to the sequence of procedures to be adopted at the conceptual design level highlighting a step by step methodology for the achievement of system design targets with the help of a design example. The proposed design synthesis methodology has given a base line for further design work on such aircraft at a conceptual level. Moreover, it will assist to provide qualitative as well as quantitative data for other design concepts of such hybrid configurations being considered in the conceptual design phase.