| Tittel: | Beyond tube-and-wing : The X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft | | Ansvar: | Bruce I. Larrimer | | Forfatter: | Larrimer, Bruce I.  | | Materialtype: | Bok | | Signatur: | Digital PDF | | Utgitt: | Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020 | | Omfang: | 275 sider - Illustrert | | ISBN/ISSN: | 9781626830608 | | Klassenummer: | 629.133349 | | Serie: | NASA Aeronautics Book Series | | Emneord: | Blended wing-body aircraft - United States - Design and construction - History / Flyhistorie / Flytype / NASA / X-48 / X-48 (Research plane) | | Geografiske emneord: | USA | | Note: | Boken ligger kun som nedlastbar PDF på høyre side. | | Innhold: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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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