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Climate, mobility and technology are changing globally. DLR uses the expertise of its 55 research institutes and facilities to develop solutions to these challenges. Our 10,000 employees share a mission – to explore Earth and space and develop technologies for a sustainable future. In doing so, DLR contributes to strengthening Germany’s position as a prime location for research and industry.
DLR’s activities in HERA include thermal management and the interface to the digital twin, the design and sizing of the configuration, the development of a high-fidelity MDO framework and its demonstration for the HERA use case, the further development and use of simulation methods for health grade assessment and continued airworthiness, high-fidelity CFD simulations of the wind tunnel configuration, further development of propeller noise prediction methods for preliminary design evaluation on aircraft level, the implementation of flutter tool based on a next-generation CFD code, and the use of a mission performance calculator.