A conceptual design trade study was conducted by McDonnell Aircraft Company (MCAIR) and NASA LARC PAB to determine the impact of inlet design features incorporated for reduced detectability on inlet performance, weight, and cost, for both fighter and attack-type aircraft. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) techniques were used to prioritize trade study issues, and select 'best' air induction system configurations for each of two notional aircraft, the Multi-Role Fighter (MRF) and the Advanced Medium Attack (AMA) bomber. Database deficiencies discovered in the trade study process were identified, and technology roadmaps were developed to address these deficiencies. Finally, two high speed inlet wind tunnel model concepts were developed for follow-on wind tunnel investigations.
Performance Study for Inlet Installations
1992
94 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Aircraft design , Aircraft detection , Aircraft performance , Bomber aircraft , Design analysis , Engine airframe integration , Engine inlets , Fighter aircraft , Inlet airframe configurations , Mcdonnell aircraft , Wind tunnel tests , Air intakes , Computational fluid dynamics , Costs , Data bases , Diffusers , Hypersonic wind tunnels , Supersonic wind tunnels , Systems engineering , Tradeoffs , Transonic wind tunnels , Wind tunnel models