Turboelectric distributed propulsion engine cycle analysis for hybrid-wing-body aircraft

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Felder, James L ^a   Kim, Hyun Dae ^a   Brown, Gerald V ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; AIRCRAFT NOISE; BOUNDARY LAYER AIR; CORE ENGINES; CYCLE ANALYSIS; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DESIGN PROCESS; DIRECT DRIVE; ELECTRICAL BUS; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMBEDDED ENGINES; ENGINE DESIGN; EXHAUST VELOCITY; FAN INLET; FAN PRESSURE RATIO; FREESTREAM CONDITIONS; GEAR-BOXES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INLET PERFORMANCE; LOW PRESSURES; MODES OF OPERATION; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; POWER LINES; POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; PRESSURE LOSS; PROPULSION ENGINE; PROPULSION SYSTEM; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; SHAFT SPEED; SUPERCONDUCTING GENERATOR; SUPERCONDUCTING MOTORS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TIP SPEED; TRAILING EDGES; TURBINE POWER; TURBINE SPEED; TURBOSHAFT ENGINES; TWIN-ENGINES; UPPER SURFACE; WEIGHT PENALTY;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENGINES; FANS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MACHINE DESIGN; NASA; NOISE POLLUTION; PROPULSION; SPEED; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; TURBINES; TURBOFAN ENGINES;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES;

EID: 78549281466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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