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Fixed Wing Project: Technologies for Advanced Air TransportsThe NASA Fundamental Aeronautics Fixed Wing (FW) Project addresses the comprehensive challenge of enabling revolutionary energy efficiency improvements in subsonic transport aircraft combined with dramatic reductions in harmful emissions and perceived noise to facilitate sustained growth of the air transportation system. Advanced technologies and the development of unconventional aircraft systems offer the potential to achieve these improvements. Multidisciplinary advances are required in aerodynamic efficiency to reduce drag, structural efficiency to reduce aircraft empty weight, and propulsive and thermal efficiency to reduce thrust-specific energy consumption (TSEC) for overall system benefit. Additionally, advances are required to reduce perceived noise without adversely affecting drag, weight, or TSEC, and to reduce harmful emissions without adversely affecting energy efficiency or noise.The presentation will highlight the Fixed Wing project vision of revolutionary systems and technologies needed to achieve these challenging goals. Specifically, the primary focus of the FW Project is on the N+3 generation; that is, vehicles that are three generations beyond the current state of the art, requiring mature technology solutions in the 2025-30 timeframe.
Document ID
20150000197
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Del Rosario, Ruben (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Koudelka, John M. (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Wahls, Richard A. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Madavan, Nateri (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
January 6, 2015
Publication Date
May 27, 2014
Subject Category
Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
GRC-E-DAA-TN15145
Meeting Information
Meeting: UTIAS International Workshop on Aviation and Climate Change
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Country: Canada
Start Date: May 27, 2014
End Date: May 29, 2014
Sponsors: University of Toronto Inst. for Aerospace Studies
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 473452.02.03.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Advanced Concepts
Aerodynamics
Air Transports

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