Outcomes of the DLR-Airbus Patenschaft “Development of Future Aerodynamic Data Modelling Methodology” 2018–2022

Abstract

From 2018 until 2022, Airbus and DLR have been collaborating in the field of aerodynamic data fusion in the framework of a so-called Patenschaft, a jointly funded research position dedicated to the topic “Development of Future Aerodynamic Data Modelling Methodology”. The goal of this cooperation was the development, improvement and industrialization of methods for the modeling of high-dimensional aerodynamic data for realistic aircraft configurations for all relevant flight conditions – a topic which is of high interest to both partners: Airbus can significantly accelerate the transfer of new approaches into the industrial context. For DLR, the application-oriented investigations and the research has the potential to provide important impulses for the work on the virtual data model of the aircraft pursued in the guiding concept “Virtual Product”. The main achievements and outcomes of this Patenschaft are collected in this final report.