25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.6.2

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF A BLENDED-WING-BODY CONFIGURATION AIRCRAFT

T. Ikeda, C. Bill
RMIT, Australia

Keywords: Blended Wing Body Aircraft, BWB aircraft, Flying Wing

In recent years new configurations for large commercial transport aircraft have been investigated to meet an increasing demand in international travel, particularly between major capital cities (hubs). A configuration that shows promise in terms of improved efficiency over conventional configuration is the Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) concept.

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