Cruise altitude flexibility of jet transport aircraft

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Filippone, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Aircraft operations; Contrail; Environment; Flight performance; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BYPASS RATIO; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PROPULSION;

AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS; CONTRAIL; CRUISE ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENT; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; STRUCTURAL WEIGHT; SUBOPTIMAL SOLUTION; THRUST SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION;

TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

EID: 81255198807     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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