Beyond tube-and-wing : the X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft / / Bruce I. Larrimer

• Autore: Larrimer Bruce I.
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : NASA, , 2020; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 629.133349
• Soggetto topico: X-48 (Research plane); Blended wing-body aircraft - United States - Design and construction - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Altri titoli varianti: Beyond tube-and-wing
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond tube-and-wing
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910715075903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II