System Level Implications of Changes in Future Aircraft Mission Specifications
Future reductions of fuel burn and green house gas emissions from commercial aviation will be, in large part, achieved through the development and use of more fuel- and environmentally-efficient aircraft. Achieving significant efficiency improvements at the aircraft level may require opening up the design space so as to consider changes in aircraft design mission specifications/capabilities such as lower cruise speed, different payload-range characteristics, and longer wing span. However, there are potentially serious and unforeseen system-wide implications (economics, viability, delays, manufacturability, etc.) that could result from these changes and that have not yet been quantified properly. The main objective of this project is to understand and quantify these implications so that informed decisions can be made.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Centers of Excellence, Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $199390.00
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Contract Numbers:
09-C-NE-MIT-035
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Project Managers:
Moran, Patrick
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Performing Organizations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA United States 02139 -
Principal Investigators:
Hansman, R
- Start Date: 20110302
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20140930
- Source Data: RiP Project 40139
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aircraft; Aircraft exhaust gases; Civil aviation; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases
- Uncontrolled Terms: Fuel burn
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01571694
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 09-C-NE-MIT-035
- Files: RIP
- Created Date: Jul 29 2015 1:00AM