A review of factors related to the acquisition and life-cycle cost, and mission reliability of helicopters is given. The potential for advanced vehicle configurations with improvements in energy efficiency, operating economics, and characteristics to satisfy the demands of the future market are identified. Special attention is given to advanced propulsion systems and related component technologies, and system requirements, powerplants and component thrusts, compressor designs, combustion systems, turbine efficiency, blade tip treatment concepts and shaft dynamics are discussed in detail.
Component research for future propulsion systems
Specialists'' Meeting ; 1981 ; Toulouse, France
1981-05-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Component research for future propulsion systems
NTRS | 1981
|Component Research for Future Propulsion Systems
NTIS | 1981
|Component research for future propulsion systems
NTRS | 1981
|Component research for future propulsion systems
Tema Archive | 1981
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