Beyond tube-and-wing : the X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft / Bruce I. Larrimer.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Larrimer, Bruce I., author.

Contributor:

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, issuing body.

Series:

NASA aeronautics book series

NASA SP (Series) ; 644.

NASA SP ; 2020-644

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Research.

United States.

Boeing Company--Research.

Boeing Company.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

X-48 (Research plane).

Blended wing-body aircraft--United States--Design and construction--History.

Blended wing-body aircraft.

Research.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Other Title:

X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : NASA, 2020.

Summary:

"This book details the remarkable efforts to develop a new aircraft configuration known as the Blended Wing-Body (BWB). Responding to a challenge from NASA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation initiated studies in the early 1990s to determine if this new configuration could bring about significant advantages over conventional sweptwing, streamlined tube, and swept-tail designs. Research precipitated the design and construction of two small-scale demonstrators: the X-48B. After McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing, the X-48B flew 92 test flights before modification into the X-48C, which in turn flew 30 flights under the auspices of NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation Program"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Seeking "an aerodynamic renaissance"

"The concept appears to be a winner"

From concept to design

Small-scale testbeds

NASA's first effort : the blended wing-body low-speed vehicle

Aerodynamic testing and vehicle fabrication

The X-48B and X-48C take to the air

Epilogue. Towards a full-size airplane

Appendix. X-48B and X-48C test flights at NASA Dryden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (NASA website, viewed June 28, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Larrimer, Bruce I. Beyond tube-and-wing.

ISBN:

9781626830608

1626830606

OCLC:

1155487588