TY - JOUR N2 - The joined wing concept is an unconventional airplane configuration, known since the mid-twenties of the last century. It has several possible advantages, like reduction of the induced drag and weight due to the closed wing concept. The inverted joined wing variant is its rarely considered version, with the front wing being situated above the aft wing. The following paper presents a performance prediction of the recently optimized configuration of this airplane. Flight characteristics obtained numerically were compared with the performance of two classical configuration airplanes of similar category. Their computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models were created basing on available documentation, photographs and some inverse engineering methods. The analysis included simulations performed for a scale of 3-meter wingspan inverted joined wing demonstrator and also for real-scale manned airplanes. Therefore, the results of CFD calculations allowed us to assess the competitiveness of the presented concept, as compared to the most technologically advanced airplanes designed and manufactured to date. At the end of the paper, the areas where the inverted joined wing is better than conventional airplane were predicted and new research possibilities were described. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/104271/PDF/ame-2016-0026.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/104271 PY - 2016 IS - No 3 EP - 470 DO - 10.1515/meceng-2016-0026 KW - joined wing KW - performance KW - computational fluid dynamics KW - CFD A1 - Sieradzki, Adam A1 - Dziubiński, Adam A1 - Galiński, Cezary PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building VL - vol. 63 DA - 2016.09.18 T1 - Performance comparison of the optimized inverted joined wing airplane concept and classical configuration airplanes SP - 455 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/104271 T2 - Archive of Mechanical Engineering ER -