Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-195-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-195-2026
Research article
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16 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 16 Jan 2026

Concurrent aerodynamic design of the wing and the turbines of airborne wind energy systems

Filippo Trevisi, Gianni Cassoni, Mac Gaunaa, and Lorenzo Mario Fagiano

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Code and data for the final publication of "Concurrent aerodynamic design of the wing and the turbines of AWESs" (Version v0) Filippo Trevisi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18200346

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Code and data for the final publication of "Concurrent aerodynamic design of the wing and the turbines of AWESs" (Version v0) Filippo Trevisi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18200346

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This paper investigates the optimal aerodynamic design of the wing and the onboard turbines of the fly-gen airborne wind energy system aircraft, named wind plane here, with a novel comprehensive engineering aerodynamic model and with the vortex particle method. Placing the turbines at the wing tips, rotating them inboard downward with a low tip speed ratio, and using conventional efficient airfoils for the wing are found to be optimal for wind planes.
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