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The Research Group for Aircraft Systems was established in 2021 with funding from the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), TU Wien and co-financing industrial partners within the framework of an endowed professorship at TU Wien.
The research group Aircraft Systems deals with the following topics:
- Integration of electric propulsion technologies: systems for hydrogen storage and processing (CGH2/LH2), fuel cells, accumulators, engines, transmissions, propulsors,
- Efficient thermal management and integration of thermal management systems into the airframe,
- Aerodynamics and aeroacoustic simulations of aircraft systems,
- Validation of numerical models based on tests with scaled components,
- Component optimisation and system integration, as well as
- Development of reduced-order models and corresponding software tools for use in aircraft concepts and system simulation environments.
Publications
- | Fundamentals of Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen–Electric Propulsion at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowGerl, B., Ronovsky-Bodisch, M., Ferrari, N., & Berens, M. (2025). Fundamentals of Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen–Electric Propulsion. Aerospace, 12(4), Article 320. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace12040320
- | Zukunftstechnologien der Luftfahrt: Von elektrischen und wasserstoffbasierten Antriebssystemen bis hin zu revolutionären Ansätzen in Aeroakustik und Aerodynamik – Univ.Prof. Dr. Berens im Talk at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2025, February 19). Zukunftstechnologien der Luftfahrt: Von elektrischen und wasserstoffbasierten Antriebssystemen bis hin zu revolutionären Ansätzen in Aeroakustik und Aerodynamik – Univ.Prof. Dr. Berens im Talk.
- | Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M., Gerl, B., Ronovsky-Bodisch, M., & Ferrari, N. (2025, January 9). Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion. AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, United States of America (the).
- | Investigation of the Combined Application of Leading-Edge Tubercles and Trailing-Edge Serration on AAM Propellers in Terms of Aeroacoustics Using Lattice-Boltzmann Method at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowSkrna, D., De Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M. V., & Berens, M. (2025). Investigation of the Combined Application of Leading-Edge Tubercles and Trailing-Edge Serration on AAM Propellers in Terms of Aeroacoustics Using Lattice-Boltzmann Method. In AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, Orlando, United States of America (the). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-0846
- | Analysis of the aeroacoustics of propeller blade tip modifications applied to Advanced Air Mobility vehicles at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowDe Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M. V., Skrna, D., & Berens, M. (2024, October 11). Analysis of the aeroacoustics of propeller blade tip modifications applied to Advanced Air Mobility vehicles. 14th EASN International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- | Fundamentals of Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen- Electric Propulsion at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowGerl, B., Ronovsky-Bodisch, M., Ferrari, N., & Berens, M. (2024, October 11). Fundamentals of Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen- Electric Propulsion. 14th EASN International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- | Novel recuperation system to maximize exergy from anergy for fuel cell powered geared electric aircraft propulsion system at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowGerl, B., Ronovsky-Bodisch, M., Ferrari, N., & Berens, M. (2024, October 9). Novel recuperation system to maximize exergy from anergy for fuel cell powered geared electric aircraft propulsion system. 14th EASN International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- | Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowRonovsky-Bodisch, M., Gerl, B., & Berens, M. (2024, October 1). Innovative Aircraft Heat Exchanger Integration for Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2024, Germany.
- | Aeroacoustics Investigation of Propeller Leading Edge Tubercles Applied to Advanced Air Mobility at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowSkrna, D., de Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M., & Berens, M. (2024). Aeroacoustics Investigation of Propeller Leading Edge Tubercles Applied to Advanced Air Mobility. In ICAS PROCEEDINGS 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences. 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS 2024), Florenz, Italy.
- | Hydrogen Combustion and Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion Aviation Systems at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2024, September 18). Hydrogen Combustion and Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion Aviation Systems. 6th Technology Workshop: “Navigating the Future: Pioneering Technologies in Transport and Energy“, Austria.
- | Opportunities to move from heat rejection to heat utilization in hydrogen electric aircraft - exFan at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2024, July 9). Opportunities to move from heat rejection to heat utilization in hydrogen electric aircraft - exFan. Vienna Aviation Days, Wien, Austria.
- | The Role of Aircraft Systems RG in Shaping the Future of Sustainable Aviation at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2024, June 18). The Role of Aircraft Systems RG in Shaping the Future of Sustainable Aviation. AACII und TU Wien Expert Talk Luftfahrt 2024, Wien, Austria.
- | Acoustic Analysis and Geometrical Parametric Study of Propeller Trailing-Edge Serrations for Advanced Air Mobility Applications at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowDe Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M. V., Skrna, D., & Berens, M. (2024). Acoustic Analysis and Geometrical Parametric Study of Propeller Trailing-Edge Serrations for Advanced Air Mobility Applications. In Online Proceedings of the 58th 3AF International Conference on Applied Aerodynamics. 58th 3AF International Conference on Applied Aerodynamics 2024, Orleans, France.
- | Investigation of noise reduction effects of individual and combined geometrical modifications on UAM propeller blades at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowSkrna, D., De Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M. V., & Berens, M. (2024). Investigation of noise reduction effects of individual and combined geometrical modifications on UAM propeller blades. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2716, Article 012060. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2716/1/012060
- | Energie für die Luftfahrt: Wie lässt sich der Kreis schließen? at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2023, December 18). Energie für die Luftfahrt: Wie lässt sich der Kreis schließen?. Take Off Tech Talks 2023 zum Thema Kreislaufwirtschaft in der Luftfahrt, Wien, Austria.
- | FOCUS III: Kleiner Teil des Problems – großer Teil der Lösung at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2023, December 5). FOCUS III: Kleiner Teil des Problems – großer Teil der Lösung. Luftfahrtsymposium 2023, Flughafen Wien, Austria.
- | Combined geometrical modifications of propeller blades of urban air mobility vehicles to reduce noise emissions during vertical climb and descent at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowSkrna, D., De Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M. V., & Berens, M. (2023, November 6). Combined geometrical modifications of propeller blades of urban air mobility vehicles to reduce noise emissions during vertical climb and descent. 13th EASN International Conference 2023, Salerno, Italy.
- | Future Aircraft Systems at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2023, July 24). Future Aircraft Systems. AACII und TU Wien Expert Talk Luftfahrt, Wien, Austria.
- | Simulation of Turbofan Engine Flow Suppression Effects at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M., De Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M. V., & Gerl, B. (2022). Simulation of Turbofan Engine Flow Suppression Effects. In DGLR (Ed.), DLRK Publikationen. https://doi.org/10.25967/570424
- | Nachhaltige Energieträger: Besonderheiten und Treiber in der Luftfahrt at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M. (2022, September 7). Nachhaltige Energieträger: Besonderheiten und Treiber in der Luftfahrt. Workshop “Nachhaltige Flugtreibstoffe für Österreich” (2022), Wien, Austria.
- | Airframe induced flow suppression effects on turbofan engines at reposiTUm , opens an external URL in a new windowBerens, M., & de Rosa Jacinto da Silva, M. (2022). Airframe induced flow suppression effects on turbofan engines. In Proceedings of the 56th 3AF International Conference on Applied Aerodynamics. 56th 3AF International Conference on Applied Aerodynamics, Toulouse, France.