IPROP project presented at the ICAS2024 

A novel design technique for airships featuring ion-thrusters has been presented at the 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences conference #ICAS2024, by IPROP project team at PoliMi-DAER. Prof. Carlo E.D. Riboldi, prof. Stefano Cacciola...

IPROP on the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

An atmospheric EHD thruster has been tested in a wind tunnel by the PoliMi laboratory group of the IPROP project, simulating low speed flight conditions and comparing the measurements with a theoretical model.   The results, on top of validating the theory, show an...

IPROP methodology on MDPI Aerospace journal  

In a recently published journal paper on MDPI Aerospace, the IPROP team at DAER-PoliMi has presented a design methodology for including ion-plasma thrusters on large stratospheric airships. Among the features of this technique is an accurate employment of the...