Morpheus

Students¹: Delft University of Technology: J.A. Dekker, J.J.C. Smolders, J.T. Dass, L. Wagtho, O. van der Meer, R. Farhoudi
Queen’s University Belfast: G.A. Orr, C.N. O’Flaherty, W.J. Orr, J.C. Evans, P. Kelly, R.T. Walsh

Project tutor: dr.ir. G.N. Saunders (TU Delft), prof.dr. R. Curran (QUB)

Coaches: dr. J. Early, dr. R. Cooper (QUB), dr.ir. O.K. Bergsma (TU Delft)

Introduction
Over the last few decades aviation has grown significantly. Air transport has become a very efficient and safe way of travelling. This increase in air transport comes with a drawback. A rising awareness of the general public about environmental sustainability will imply new constraints on air traffic. Aircraft should be fuel efficient, have low environmental impact and be quiet. Therefore the design of new aircraft should emphasise two primary requirements, high cruise efficiency for fuel consumption and low take off and landing noise. This results in one of the design traits of Morpheus, incorporating cutting-edge morphing technologies.

The paper of this project is available as a PDF-document here.

Footnotes

1. The Design Synthesis Exercise forms the closing piece of the third year of the Bachelor degree course in aerospace engineering at the TU Delft. The objective of this exercise is to improve the students’ design skills while working in teams with about 10 fellow students for a period of 10 weeks. Despite the fact that the final designs result from a design process executed by small groups of students with limited experience, the designs are of good quality.