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NASA Innovation Fund 2010 Project Elastically Shaped Future Air Vehicle Concept

Author
Nguyen, Nhan
Published
October 08, 2010.
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Summary
This report describes a study conducted in 2010 under the NASA Innovation Fund Award to develop innovative future air vehicle concepts. Aerodynamic optimization was performed to produce three different aircraft configuration concepts for low drag, namely drooped wing, inflected wing, and squashed fuselage. A novel wing shaping control concept is introduced. This concept describes a new capability of actively controlling wing shape in-flight to minimize drag. In addition, a novel flight control effector concept is developed to enable wing shaping control. This concept is called a variable camber continuous trailing edge flap that can reduce drag by as much as 50% over a conventional flap. In totality, the potential benefits of fuel savings offered by these concepts can be significant.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20110023698.
ARC-E-DAA-TN3743.
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