A status report is provided on current thinking concerning potential improvements in fuel efficiency and possible alternate fuels. Topics reviewed are: historical trends in airplane efficiency; technological opportunities including supercritical aerodynamics, vortex diffusers, composite materials, propulsion systems, active controls, and terminal-area operations; unconventional design concepts, and hydrogen-fueled airplane.
Future long-range transports - Prospects for improved fuel efficiency
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Annual Meeting and Technical Display ; 1975 ; Washington, DC
01.02.1975
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Fuel Conservative Propulsion Concepts for Future Air Transports
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