Feasibility study of STRATOFLY vehicle
Predictions indicate that the number of civil aircraft passengers will highly increase in the next decades. The development of new technologies in the fields of propulsion or temperature resistance of the materials allows the design of high-speed vehicles, and the exploration of routes through the s...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/411631 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/411631 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Supersonic transport planes Supersonic planes--Design and construction Feasibility studies Market surveys High-speed aeronautics STRATOFLY RLV Hypersonic transport Hypersonic flight High speed aircraft High speed flight Hyspersonic aircraft feasibility Avions de transport supersònics Avions supersònics--Disseny i construcció Estudis de viabilitat Mercat--Anàlisi Aeronàutica d'alta velocitat Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports::Infraestructures i transport aeri Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions |
| Sumario: | Predictions indicate that the number of civil aircraft passengers will highly increase in the next decades. The development of new technologies in the fields of propulsion or temperature resistance of the materials allows the design of high-speed vehicles, and the exploration of routes through the stratosphere for long distance routes. The STRATOFLY H2020 project is one of the proposals presented. It is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, and it aims to develop an hypersonic aircraft to transport 300 passengers. This vehicle shall be able to perform cruise at 30 km altitude and Mach 8, with the objective of reducing the transfer time, noise and emissions for long haul point-to-point missions. The project takes knowledge from previous EU co-founded projects, and uses other vehicles’ design as starting point. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the feasibility of the STRATOFLY project. After a technical description of the different systems of the vehicle, it is performed a market study to define the segments of passengers to who the product must be addressed. Once it is estimated the passengers for the future, it will be analysed the feasibility, considering all the costs involved and the incomes. Then it will be performed a sensitivity analysis to know which variables of the study are more robust, and the ones that imply more risk. Considering the results, it will be designed a strategy to reduce the risk that could be generated. Finally, it will be analysed social and environmental impact of the project, and the human values that are being considered, by developing a common good matrix. The result obtained is concluding if the project is feasible economically and according to determined values. |
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