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UNINA9910715075903321 |
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Autore |
Larrimer Bruce I. |
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Titolo |
Beyond tube-and-wing : the X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft / / Bruce I. Larrimer |
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Washington, DC : , : NASA, , 2020 |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Collana |
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NASA aeronautics book series |
NASA SP ; ; 2020-644 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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X-48 (Research plane) |
Blended wing-body aircraft - United States - Design and construction - History |
History |
United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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. Research precipitated the design and construction of two small-scale demonstrators: the X-48B. After McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing, the X-48B flew 92 test flights before modification into the X-48C, which in turn flew 30 flights under the auspices of NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation Program"-- |
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