Preliminary Design of Advanced Wing for an Ultra Efficient Regional Aircraft
Giovanni Marco CAROSSA, Elena RONCOLINI, Tomás Eugenio CÁRDENAS MUTIS, Francesco TOFFOL, Sergio RICCI
Abstract. Under the HERWINGT project, a comprehensive trade-off study was performed to assess advanced wing concepts for a next-generation regional aircraft, referred to as the Ultra Efficient Regional Aircraft (UERA). The investigation focused on aeroelastic implications of increasing wing aspect ratio up to 16, with the goal of reducing fuel burn, while limiting the structural weight growth driven by higher loads. Parametric analyses have been conducted along with the assessment of a load alleviation system. Study results provided wing structural and aero-servo-elastic requirements fundamental for the experimental demonstration phase, based on wing gust load alleviation system, to be tested inside POLIMI wind tunnel.
Keywords
Clean Aviation, Ultra Efficient Regional Aircraft, Preliminary Design
Published online 7/20/2026, 6 pages
Copyright © 2026 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Giovanni Marco CAROSSA, Elena RONCOLINI, Tomás Eugenio CÁRDENAS MUTIS, Francesco TOFFOL, Sergio RICCI, Preliminary Design of Advanced Wing for an Ultra Efficient Regional Aircraft, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 69, pp 516-521, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644904251-93
The article was published as article 93 of the book CEAS – AIDAA Conference 2025
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