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