Beyond tube-and-wing : The X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft
Bruce I. Larrimer
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
| Utgitt | Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration , 2020
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| Omfang | 275 sider : Illustrert
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| Opplysninger | Boken ligger kun som nedlastbar PDF på høyre side.. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seeking "an aerodynamic renaissance" -- "The concept appears to be a winner" -- From concept to design -- Small-scale testbeds -- NASA's first effort : the blended wing-body low-speed vehicle -- Aerodynamic testing and vehicle fabrication -- The X-48B and X-48C take to the air -- Epilogue. Towards a full-size airplane -- Appendix. X-48B and X-48C test flights at NASA Dryden. This book details the remarkable efforts to develop a new aircraft configuration known as the Blended Wing-Body (BWB). Responding to a challenge from NASA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation initiated studies in the early 1990s to determine if this new configuration could bring about significant advantages over conventional sweptwing, streamlined tube, and swept-tail designs. After McDonnell Douglas’ merger with Boeing, Boeing conducted additional research, development, and design work that led to the fabrication and flight testing of the X-48B and modified X-48C, and, along with NASA, it conducted additional wind tunnel testing under the auspices of NASA’s Environmentally Responsible Aviation Program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| ISBN | 9781626830608
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