A STUDY OF THE SENSITIVITY OF A SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT TO THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS HORIZONTAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS.
Abstract
The effect of the variations in the horizontal distribution of temperature on supersonic transport operation in cruise was studied on the New York/London-Paris route. From the data sample the range of temperature variations was established. Temperature variations in 24 cases were run through a NASA computer program and fuel consumption derived. The results of this program closely approximated the theoretical temperature fuel consumption. In none of the cases did the temperature gradient warrant diversion from great circle. The cases chosen reflected extremes of departure from standard and present a seasonal distribution of such variations. Average route temperature differences from 141 seleccted dates substantiate the predominant lack of adequate gradients for such track diversions from great circle. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0612292
Entities
People
- Sidney M. Serebreny
Organizations
- SRI International