Niklas Wendel and Julia Gundert, students at Thomas-Morus-Gymnasium, Daun, Germany, recently completed a project to envisage an airliner of the future with a focus on sustainability and fuel efficiency. Their project was named HELT, translated as a German acronym for 'High Efficiency Aircraft', and is also similar to the German word 'held' which translates to 'hero' in English. During their early concept design phase they used Caedium Professional to perform Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to evaluate the aerodynamic efficiency of various configurations before selecting their final Blended Wing-Body (BWB) design.

HELT TeamNiklas Wendel and Julia Gundert

"We thank Symscape for their trust in our work and their support, because our success and the fast evolution of our technology couldn't have been possible without their support."

In one student competition the project won a regional heat of 'Jugend forscht' for best work in the field of technology and then placed 2nd in the national final. In another student competition sponsored by 'Siemens stiftung' the project qualified for the prestigious Federal final.

Caedium CFD Simulation of Early HELT Concept DesignVelocity magnitude surface contours

Prior to starting the project Niklas and Julia had little knowledge of CFD, but with Caedium's help they now know what it takes to use CFD in the context of a realistic engineering design project.

Caedium CFD Simulation of Early HELT Concept DesignVelocity magnitude iso-surfaces

The project served as an excellent learning exercise, and puts Niklas and Julia in good standing for their future careers, hopefully with an emphasis on engineering.