LEADER 02851oam 22005532 450 001 9910715075903321 005 20210629091409.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002507285 035 $a(OCoLC)1155487588 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002507285 100 $a20200211d2020 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeyond tube-and-wing $ethe X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft /$fBruce I. Larrimer 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cNASA,$d2020. 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aNASA aeronautics book series 225 1 $aNASA SP ;$v2020-644 311 $a1-62683-060-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index. 327 $aSeeking "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. 330 $a"This book details the remarkable efforts to develop a new aircraft configuration known as the Blended Wing-Body (BWB). Responding to a challenge from NASA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation initiated studies in the early 1990s to determine if this new configuration could bring about significant advantages over conventional sweptwing, streamlined tube, and swept-tail designs. Research precipitated the design and construction of two small-scale demonstrators: the X-48B. After McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing, the X-48B flew 92 test flights before modification into the X-48C, which in turn flew 30 flights under the auspices of NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation Program"--$cProvided by publisher. 517 $aBeyond tube-and-wing 606 $aX-48 (Research plane) 606 $aBlended wing-body aircraft$zUnited States$xDesign and construction$xHistory 606 $aX-48 (Research plane)$2fast 607 $aUnited States$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aX-48 (Research plane) 615 0$aBlended wing-body aircraft$xDesign and construction$xHistory. 615 7$aX-48 (Research plane) 676 $a629.133349 700 $aLarrimer$b Bruce I.$01354209 712 02$aUnited States.$bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCLCF 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910715075903321 996 $aBeyond tube-and-wing$93401566 997 $aUNINA