The paper reports the results of a conceptual design study of new near-term fuel-conservative aircraft. A parametric study was made to determine the effects of cruise Mach number and fuel cost on the optimum configuration characteristics and relative economic performance. Supercritical wing technology and advanced engine cycles were assumed. For each design, the wing geometry was selected to maximize an economic figure of merit which reflects the potential rate of return on investment. Based on the results of the parametric study, a reduced energy configuration was selected. Compared with existing transport design, the reduced energy design has a higher aspect ratio wing with lower sweep, and cruises at a slightly lower Mach number. It yields about 30% more seat-miles/gal than current wide-body aircraft. At the higher fuel costs anticipated in the future, the reduced energy design has about the same economic performance as existing designs with the same technology level. As an example of a far-term technology application, a design with a composite material wing was also investigated.


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    Title :

    Conceptual design of reduced energy transports


    Contributors:
    Ardema, M. D. (author) / Harper, M. (author) / Smith, C. L. (author) / Waters, M. H. (author) / Williams, L. J. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1976-08-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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