Back to Search Start Over

Conceptual design and analysis of hybrid airships with renewable energy.

Authors :
Zhang, Lanchuan
Lv, Mingyun
Meng, Junhui
Du, Huafei
Source :
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering; Sep2018, Vol. 232 Issue 11, p2144-2159, 16p
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

An increasing focus on hybrid airships and the developments in renewable energies has allowed a methodology for conceptual design and analysis to be described. After a model presented and its aerodynamic characteristics obtained through a computational fluid dynamics method, two types of hybrid airships, solar powered at high altitudes and hydrogen powered for cargo, are demonstrated using a wing loading as their independent variable. Then the constraints determining the design point are presented. Parametric estimates of two types for component mass are then illustrated on distribution diagrams. And the sensitivity of wing loading and its effects on hybrid airships are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09544100
Volume :
232
Issue :
11
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
131373160
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/0954410017711726