27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-1.1.2

COMPARISON OF FUEL BURN AND NOISE CHARACTERISTICS OF NOVEL AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS

J. P. Fielding, P. Stocking, H. Smith
Cranfield Univ., UK

Keywords: fuel, noise, environment, aircraft, design

This paper describes a study of the conceptual design of a range of conventional and unconventional commercial aircraft, which were optimised for medium and long design ranges and payloads of 270 passengers. Comparisons are made of aircraft dimensions, masses, fuel burn, noise, acquisition and direct operating costs.

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