Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievement
This study aims to examine the development of research on seaplanes and determine the innovations that have been achieved or researched. To better serve the demands of real aircraft designers, this research presented a new process for creating seaplane designs. Combining historical seaplane data wit...
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| author | Putra Ebenhaezer Candela Kristiawan Suryanto Muhammad Ramadhani Suryanto Suryanto Adiputra Ristiyanto Prabowo Aditya Rio Puryantini Navik Carvalho Hermes Jurkovič Martin Imanullah Fahmi |
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| description | This study aims to examine the development of research on seaplanes and determine the innovations that have been achieved or researched. To better serve the demands of real aircraft designers, this research presented a new process for creating seaplane designs. Combining historical seaplane data with current ship and aircraft design data resulted in a new preliminary seaplane concept design. Another benefit of this design approach is transforming an existing landplane into a seaplane by adding a floating device that satisfies seaplane conversion standards. Enhancing hydrodynamic performance was the addition of a trimaran design. A retractable float device was employed to add drag reduction during flying. The trimaran idea provided superior hydrostatic stability and increased water speed, while the floats’ retractable design decreased aerodynamic drag for improved flying performance. A computational design framework is also created to assess the efficacy and performance of hydrofoils for amphibious aircraft, with a particular emphasis on water take-off performance. For validation, a comparison is made between the numerical simulations and the experiment results. The results of this study show that seaplane research over the past decade has produced several innovations, from general to detailed designs. Seaplane also has the potential to be developed in the coming years. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2aa195b34a144bea8077ec6f1f85752b2025-08-20T03:53:46ZengDe GruyterCurved and Layered Structures2353-73962025-05-011211510.1515/cls-2025-0026Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievementPutra Ebenhaezer Candela Kristiawan0Suryanto Muhammad Ramadhani1Suryanto Suryanto2Adiputra Ristiyanto3Prabowo Aditya Rio4Puryantini Navik5Carvalho Hermes6Jurkovič Martin7Imanullah Fahmi8Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, IndonesiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, IndonesiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, IndonesiaResearch Center for Hydrodynamics Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Surabaya, IndonesiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, IndonesiaResearch Center for Hydrodynamics Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Surabaya, IndonesiaDepartment of Structural Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilFaculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communication, University of Žilina, Žilina, SlovakiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, IndonesiaThis study aims to examine the development of research on seaplanes and determine the innovations that have been achieved or researched. To better serve the demands of real aircraft designers, this research presented a new process for creating seaplane designs. Combining historical seaplane data with current ship and aircraft design data resulted in a new preliminary seaplane concept design. Another benefit of this design approach is transforming an existing landplane into a seaplane by adding a floating device that satisfies seaplane conversion standards. Enhancing hydrodynamic performance was the addition of a trimaran design. A retractable float device was employed to add drag reduction during flying. The trimaran idea provided superior hydrostatic stability and increased water speed, while the floats’ retractable design decreased aerodynamic drag for improved flying performance. A computational design framework is also created to assess the efficacy and performance of hydrofoils for amphibious aircraft, with a particular emphasis on water take-off performance. For validation, a comparison is made between the numerical simulations and the experiment results. The results of this study show that seaplane research over the past decade has produced several innovations, from general to detailed designs. Seaplane also has the potential to be developed in the coming years.https://doi.org/10.1515/cls-2025-0026amphibious aircrafttrimaran hydrofoilstake-off and landing performancecomputational fluid dynamicsoptimization |
| spellingShingle | Putra Ebenhaezer Candela Kristiawan Suryanto Muhammad Ramadhani Suryanto Suryanto Adiputra Ristiyanto Prabowo Aditya Rio Puryantini Navik Carvalho Hermes Jurkovič Martin Imanullah Fahmi Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievement Curved and Layered Structures amphibious aircraft trimaran hydrofoils take-off and landing performance computational fluid dynamics optimization |
| title | Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievement |
| title_full | Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievement |
| title_fullStr | Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievement |
| title_short | Technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs: Research milestone and current achievement |
| title_sort | technological developments of amphibious aircraft designs research milestone and current achievement |
| topic | amphibious aircraft trimaran hydrofoils take-off and landing performance computational fluid dynamics optimization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/cls-2025-0026 |
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