Initial assessment of open rotor propulsion applied to an advanced single-aisle aircraft

11th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration,and Operations (ATIO) Conference, including the AIAA Balloon Systems Conference and 19th AIAA Lighter-Than-Air Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Guynn, Mark D ^a   Berton, Jeffrey J ^b   Hendricks, Eric S ^b   Tong, Michael T ^b   Haller, William J ^b   Thurman, Douglas R ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH; AIRCRAFT DESIGN; ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES; ENGINE MANUFACTURERS; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; MODELING TECHNIQUE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE AISLE AIRCRAFTS;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AVIATION; ENGINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NASA; PROPULSION; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

DESIGN;

EID: 84880820425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-7058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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