R.H. Petersen, B.J. Holmes

New opportunities for greater performance of civil air transportation aircraft derive from the continuing advancements in the aeronautical disciplines: advancements in aerodynamics, structures and materials, propulsion, and flight controls technologies. These opportunities impact future subsonic transports, high speed civil transports, and hypersonic vehicles. There are, however, new constraints within which progress will be made, including stringent environmental constraints on engine emissions and noise, old and new safety constraints on operations (especially in severe weather), aging airframes, and changing transportation marketplace demands affecting all of these vehicle classes. In this paper, some of the specific NASA aeronautical research will be discussed in three areas: 1) Advanced Subsonic Transport Airplanes, 2) Next Generation High Speed Civil Transport Aircraft (SSTs), and 3) Next Century Hypersonic Vehicles. This presentation depicts the exciting progress which is possible in aeronautics during the 1990s. Continued U.S. investment in an aggressive aeronautics research program during the 1990s can pay handsome dividends for air transportation in the next century. The research planning described reflects an awareness of and sensitivity to modern stringent environmental constraints, changing marketplace demands, and advanced-technologydriven opportunities. Our planet needs affordable global transportation in the next century; this presentation has described the foundations of those future systems.

International Symposium - Towards Columbus and Space Station, 1990, Friedrichshafen

Conference Paper

englisch

21,0 x 29,7 cm, 11 Seiten

DGLR-Bericht, 1990, 1990-05, International Symposium - Towards Columbus and Space Station - Proceedings; S.41-51; 1990; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V., Bonn

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1990